''Rondeletia loricata'' is a species of
redmouth whalefish
The redmouth whalefishes are two species of deep-sea whalefishes in the genus ''Rondeletia'', the only genus in the family Rondeletiidae. They are apparently close to the velvet whalefish (''Barbourisia rufa''), and apparently also to the gibber ...
found in the temperate and tropical oceans at depths of from . This species grows to a length of . It is known to be a vertical migrant, occurring at shallower depths at night.
References
Beryciformes
Taxa named by Tokiharu Abe
Fish described in 1963
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