Searsid is a term used to refer to
fish
A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...
of the family
Platytroctidae
The tubeshoulders are a family, Platytroctidae, of ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are ...
that resemble ''
Searsia koefoedi
''Searsia koefoedi'', or Koefoed's searsid, is a species of tubeshoulder found in the oceans at depths of from . It is named after Norwegian marine biologist Einar Koefoed.
Size
This species grows to a length of SL.
Habitat and distribution
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''. Fish referred to as searsids include:
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bigeye searsid (''Holtbyrnia macrops'')
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bighead searsid
The bighead searsid (''Holtbyrnia anomala'') is a species of tubeshoulder fish.
Description
It maximum length is . Its head is large, making up over a third of the fish's length. It has 25–31 gillrakers; 5–11 pyloric caecae. The snout is po ...
(''Holtbyrnia anomala'')
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Koefoed's searsid (''Searsia koefoedi'')
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legless searsid (''Platytroctes apus'')
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Maul's searsid
Maul's searsid (''Maulisia mauli''), also called Maul's tubeshoulder, is a species of fish in the family Platytroctidae (tubeshoulders), named for Günther Maul.
Description
Maul's searsid is maximum long and is black in colour, with a pointe ...
(''Maulisia mauli'')
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multipore searsid
The multipore searsid (''Normichthys operosus'') is a species of fish in the family Platytroctidae (tubeshoulders).
Name
Its scientific name is from the Latin ''operōsus'', "busy, hardworking".
Its common name "multipore" refers to the dermal ...
(''Normichthys operosus'')
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palebelly searsid (''Barbantus curvifrons'')
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palegold searsid (''Maulisia argipalla'')
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Schnakenbeck's searsid (''Sagamichthys schnakenbecki'')
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smallscale searsid (''Maulisia microlepis'')
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