Bembrops anatirostris
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Bembropidae |
Genus: | Bembrops |
Species: | B. anatirostris
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Binomial name | |
Bembrops anatirostris Ginsburg, 1955
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Bembrops anatirostris, commonly known as a duckbill flathead, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Bembropidae. It is a deepwater fish typically found at depths between 100–400 metres (330–1,310 ft) in the western Atlantic Ocean. It can grow to a length of 35 centimetres (14 in).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Dooley, J.; Collette, B.; Aiken, K.A.; et al. (2015). "Bembrops anatirostris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16425187A16509657. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16425187A16509657.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bembrops anatirostris". FishBase. February 2018 version.
- M. Okiyama, Two types of pelagic larvae of Bembrops (Trachinoidea: Percophidae), with notes on their phylogenetic implication, Bulletin of marine science, 1997, vol. 60.