Rhadinesthes
Appearance
Rhadinesthes | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Stomiiformes |
Family: | Stomiidae |
Subfamily: | Astronesthinae |
Genus: | Rhadinesthes Regan & Trewavas, 1929 |
Species: | R. decimus
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Binomial name | |
Rhadinesthes decimus (Zugmayer, 1911)
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Rhadinesthes decimus, the slender snaggletooth, is a species of barbeled dragonfish found in the ocean depths reaching to 4,900 metres (16,100 ft). This species grows to a length of 41.0 centimetres (16.1 in) SL. This species is the only known species in its genus.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Rhadinesthes decimus" in FishBase. February 2012 version.