Description

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Common Names

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Storøjet glathovedfisk , Danish , Denmark

Bigeye slickhead , English , Australia

Bigeye slickhead , English , UK

Bigeye smooth-head , English , Australia

Bigeye smooth-head , English , Azores Is.

Bigeye smooth-head , English , UK

Bigeye smoothhead , English , Canada

Alépocéphale à grands yeux , French , Canada

Slétthaus , Icelandic , Iceland

大眼巴傑加州平頭魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大眼巴杰加州平头鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Alepocephaliformes

Family: Alepocephalidae

Genus: Bajacalifornia

Species: Bajacalifornia megalops (Lütken, 1898)

Climate Zone

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bathypelagic

Location

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Eastern Atlantic: southern Greenland and Iceland to Azores and 22°S. Western Atlantic: 40°N to the equator. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068). Indian Ocean.

Biology

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Mesopelagic to benthopelagic (Ref. 2711). Adults usually in 820-1,425 m (Ref. 2711).

Habitat

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bathypelagic