Mirognathus is a monospecific genus of deepwater maine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alepocephalidae, the slickheads. The only species in the genus is Mirognathus normani, the beaked slickhead or Norman's smooth-head, which is found in the north-east and western Atlantic Ocean, the western Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species grows to a standard length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in).[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Mirognathus A. E. Parr, 1951 |
| Species: | M. normani
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| Binomial name | |
| Mirognathus normani A. E. Parr, 1951
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References
edit- ^ Knudsen, S.; Nielsen, J. & Uiblein, F. (2015). "Mirognathus normani (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T18140253A44737343. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mirognathus normani". FishBase. June 2024 version.
- ^ Bray, D.J. (2017). "Mirognathus normani". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
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