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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-producing organs. They are generally small to medium fish, ranging from in length.

Genera

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Barbantus ''Barbantus'' 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 ...

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Holtbyrnia ''Holtbyrnia'' is a genus of tubeshoulders. Species There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: * '' Holtbyrnia anomala'' G. Krefft, 1980 (Bighead searsid) * '' Holtbyrnia conocephala'' Sazonov, 1976 * '' Holtbyrnia cyanocephala ...

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Matsuichthys ''Matsuichthys aequipinnis'' is a species of tubeshoulder found only in the Sulu Sea The Sulu Sea ( fil, Dagat Sulu; Tausug: ''Dagat sin Sūg''; Chavacano: ''Mar de Sulu''; Cebuano: ''Dagat sa Sulu''; Hiligaynon: ''Dagat sang Sulu''; ...

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Maulisia ''Maulisia'' is a genus of tubeshoulders. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Maulisia acuticeps'' Sazonov, 1976 (Sharpsnout tubeshoulder) * ''Maulisia argipalla'' Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1979 (Palegold searsid) ...

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Mentodus ''Mentodus'' is a genus of tubeshoulders. Species There are currently eight recognized species in this genus: * '' Mentodus bythios'' ( Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987) * '' Mentodus crassus'' A. E. Parr, 1960 * '' Mentodus eubranchus'' ( Matsui & Ro ...

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Mirorictus ''Mirorictus taningi'' is a species of tubeshoulder only known from the Gulf of Panama The Gulf of Panama ( es, Golfo de Panamá) is a gulf of the Pacific Ocean off the southern coast of Panama, where most of eastern Panama's southern shores a ...

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Normichthys ''Normichthys'' is a genus of tubeshoulder fish, named for the ichthyologist John Roxborough Norman John Roxborough Norman (1898, Wandsworth, London – 26 May 1944, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire) was an English ichthyologist. He started as a cle ...

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Pectinantus ''Pectinantus parini'' is a species of tubeshoulder known from the Pacific and Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by As ...

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Persparsia ''Persparsia kopua'', the spangled tubeshoulder, is a species of tubeshoulder found around the world in the southern hemisphere (apart from South America) between latitudes 30° S and 50° S and at depths of . Its length is up to TL. ''Perspa ...

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Platytroctes ''Platytroctes'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Platytroctidae The tubeshoulders are a family, Platytroctidae, of ray-finned fish belonging to the order Alepocephaliformes Alepocephaliformes is an order of ray-finned fish. It ...

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Sagamichthys ''Sagamichthys'' is a genus of tubeshoulders. The generic name derives from Sagami Bay, Japan (home of '' Sagamichthys abei''), and the Greek ἰχθύς (''ichthys''), "fish". Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: ...

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Searsioides ''Searsioides'' is a genus of tubeshoulders native to the western central Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Searsioides calvala'' ( Matsui & Rosenblatt Rosenblatt is a surname of German and Jew ...

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References

* Ray-finned fish families {{Alepocephaliformes-stub