''Searsioides'' is a genus of
tubeshoulder
The tubeshoulders are a family, Platytroctidae, of ray-finned fish belonging to the order Alepocephaliformes. They are found throughout the world, except for the Mediterranean Sea. Tubeshoulders live at moderate depths of , and some have light-pr ...
s native to the western central
Pacific Ocean
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.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Searsioides calvala''
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* Elie ...
, 1979)
* ''
Searsioides multispinus''
( Sazonov, 1977)
References
Platytroctidae
Ray-finned fish genera
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