Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 19; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 19.

Common Names

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Australsk glathovedfisk , Danish , Denmark

Brown slickhead , English , UK

Small scaled brown slickhead , English , Australia

Small scaled brown slickhead , English , New Zealand

Small scaled brown slickhead , English , UK

Smallscale slickhead , English , Australia

Southern Atlantic smooth-head , English , UK

Arame-konnyaku-iwashi , Japanese , Japan

大首平头鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大首平頭魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

澳洲平头鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

澳洲平頭魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Alepocephaliformes

Family: Alepocephalidae

Genus: Alepocephalus

Species: Alepocephalus australis Barnard, 1923

Climate Zone

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bathydemersal

Location

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Circumglobal: In tropical to temperate waters. Eastern Central Atlantic: possibly widely distributed from the Gulf of Guinea to South Africa. Western Atlantic: At about 39° to 10°N. Southwest Pacific.

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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bathydemersal