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Platytroctidae
Legless searsid (Platytroctes apus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Platytroctidae
Roule, 1916
Genera

See text

Synonyms
  • Platytroctidés Roule 1916
  • Searsiidae Parr 1951 corrig. Lindberg 1971
  • Barbantini Sazonov 1986
  • Mirorictinae Parr 1951

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 300 to 1,000 m (980 to 3,280 ft), and some have light-producing organs. They are generally small to medium fish, ranging from 9 to 33 cm (3.5 to 13.0 in) in length.[1]

Genera[edit]

The family contains the following genera:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Platytroctidae"inFishBase. February 2012 version.
  • ^ Přikryl, T.; Carnevale, G. (2019). "An Oligocene tubeshoulder (Teleostei, Alepocephaliformes) from the Central Paratethys (Czech Republic): the first skeletal record for the family Platytroctidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (6): e1719123. Bibcode:2019JVPal..39E9123P. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1719123. S2CID 216207889.


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