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Alepocephalus tenebrosus Gilbert, 1892

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 15 - 18; Vertebrae: 51 - 55. Branchiostegal rays: 6-7.

Common Names

  • Californisk glathovedfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • California slickhead , English , UK
  • California slickhead , English , USA
  • Kalifornia silepea , Estonian , Estonia
  • 加州平头鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 加州平頭魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Alepocephaliformes

    Family: Alepocephalidae

    Genus: Alepocephalus

    Species: Alepocephalus tenebrosus Gilbert, 1892

    Climate Zone

  • bathydemersal

    • Location

  • North Pacific: Bering Sea to at least California, USA. Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 35724).

    • Biology

    Found near or on bottoms (Ref. 2850). Feed on small crustaceans. Regarded as inferior food because of its soft, fleshy texture (Ref. 4525). Oviparous, with mesopelagic and bathypelagic larvae (Ref. 35724).

    Habitat

    bathydemersal