Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 22; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 28 - 29. Pored scales in lateral line more than 60. Anal fin rays numerous. Base of anal fin extending backward much beyond the posterior end of the dorsal fin. Orbit diameter less than two-thirds of snout length. Reaches 24 cm SL.

Common Names

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Bicolor slickhead , English , Australia

Bicolor slickhead , English , Malaysia

Naked head , English , Malaysia

Hosome-konnyaku-iwashi , Japanese , Japan

Kepala hitam , Malay , Malaysia

二色平头鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

二色平頭魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黑头鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黑頭魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Alepocephaliformes

Family: Alepocephalidae

Genus: Alepocephalus

Species: Alepocephalus bicolor Alcock, 1891

Climate Zone

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bathydemersal

Location

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Indo-Pacific: ranging to the Ryukyu Trough.

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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bathydemersal