Rinoctes

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Rinoctes is a monospecific genus of deepwater maine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alepocephalidae, the slickheads. The only species in the genus is Rinoctes nasutus, the abyssal smooth-head, which is found at depths of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) to 4,156 metres (13,635 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean, and possibly in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1] It grows to a length of 19 centimetres (7.5 in) SL.[2]

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Rinoctes
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Rinoctes
A. E. Parr, 1952
Species:
R. nasutus
Binomial name
Rinoctes nasutus
(Koefoed, 1927)
Synonyms[2]
  • Bathytroctes nasutus Koefoed, 1927
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