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Bluntsnout Slickhead
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Bluntsnout Slickhead

Xenodermichthys copei (Gill, 1884)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBluntsnout Slickhead
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese柯氏平额鱼
Scientific nameXenodermichthys copei (Gill, 1884)

About this species

The bluntsnout smooth-head, black slickhead, Cope's bluntsnout smooth-head, or Atlantic gymnast, Xenodermichthys copei, is a slickhead of the genus Xenodermichthys, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, and the Tasman Sea, at depths of 100 to 2,600 m (330 to 8,530 ft). This species grows to a length of 31 centimetres (12 in) TL.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderOsmeriformes
FamilyAlepocephalidae
GenusXenodermichthys

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