| Bighead searsid | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Platytroctidae |
| Genus: | Holtbyrnia |
| Species: | H. anomala |
| Binomial name | |
| Holtbyrnia anomala (Krefft, 1980) | |
The bighead searsid (Holtbyrnia anomala) is a species of tubeshoulder fish. [2] [3]
It maximum length is 25 cm (9.8 in). [4] Its head is large, making up over a third of the fish's length. It has 25–31 gillrakers; 5–11 pyloric caecae. The snout is pointed, with premaxillary tusks pointing forward. [5]
It is dark red in colour. [6] Its photophores are rudimentary (except for the shoulder organ), hence its specific name anomala ("unusual"). [7] [8] [9]
The bighead searsid lives in the North Atlantic Ocean; it is a mesopelagic fish, living at depths of 700–2,000 m (2,300–6,600 ft). [10] [11]
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