''Temnocora'' is a
monospecific genus
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of marine
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 so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
belonging to the
family
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Liparidae
The snailfishes or sea snails (not to be confused with invertebrate sea snails), are a family of marine ray-finned fishes. These fishes make up the Liparidae, a family classified within the order Scorpaeniformes.
Widely distributed from the ...
, the snailfishes. Its only species is ''Temnocora candida'', the bigeye snailfish, which is found in the far northern
Pacific Ocean
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where it is found at depths of from . This species grows to a length of
SL. This species is the only known member of its
genus
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.
The bigeye snailfish is usually found around sand, pebbles, and rocky bottoms. It is also harmless to humans.
References
Liparidae
Monotypic fish genera
Fish described in 1912
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