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.[2]
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| Legless searsid (Platytroctes apus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Platytroctidae Koefoed, 1927[1] |
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Genera
editThe family contains the following genera:[3]
- Barbantus Parr, 1951
- Holtbyrnia Parr, 937
- Matsuichthys Sazonov, 1992
- Maulisia Parr, 1960
- Mentodus Parr, 1951
- Mirorictus Parr, 1947
- Normichthys Parr, 1951
- Pectinantus Sazonov, 1986
- Persparsia Parr, 1951
- Platytroctes Günther, 1878
- Sagamichthys Parr, 1953
- Searsia Parr, 1937
- Searsioides Sazonov, 1977
- †Vachalia Přikryl & Carnevale, 2019[4]
References
edit- ^ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Platytroctidae". FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Platytroctidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ 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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