Alepocephaliformes | |
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California slickhead, Alepocephalus tenebrosus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Cohort: | Otocephala |
Superorder: | Alepocephali |
Order: | Alepocephaliformes Marshall, 1962 [1] |
Type species | |
Alepocephalus rostratus | |
Families | |
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Alepocephaliformes is an order of marine deep-sea teleost fishes. [2] It was previously classified as the suborder Alepocephaloidei of the order Argentiniformes. [3] [4] [5]
As an adaptation to a life in the deep-sea, there is no swim bladder, and the ossification of the skeleton is reduced. [2] The largest known member is Narcetes shonanmaruae , the largest deep-sea-endemic bony fish. [6] [7]