Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 22 - 24. Pored scales in lateral line less than 60. frontal bone flat above the eye, not forming a ridge. Snout spatulate, sharply protruded, more than 1.5 times the orbit diameter. Palatine teeth sharp.

Common Names

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Longfin slickhead , English , Australia

Togari-konnyaku-iwashi , Japanese , Japan

長鰭平頭魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

长鳍平头鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Alepocephaliformes

Family: Alepocephalidae

Genus: Alepocephalus

Species: Alepocephalus longiceps Lloyd, 1909

Climate Zone

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bathydemersal

Location

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Northwest Pacific: Ryukyu Trough, Japan. Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman Islands.

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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bathydemersal