Slim lightfish, also known as Ichthyococcus elongatus, is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of the
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
Ichthyococcus.
[http://fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Ichthyococcus&speciesname=elongatus Slim lightfish info on Fishbase]
References
Ichthyococcus
Fish described in 1941
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