Mirognathus

Mirognathus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Alepocephalidae
Genus:	Mirognathus A. E. Parr, 1951
Species:	M. normani
Binomial name
Mirognathus normani A. E. Parr, 1951

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]}

References

1. Knudsen, S.; Nielsen, J. & Uiblein, F. (2015). "Mirognathus normani (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T18140253A44737343. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mirognathus normani". FishBase . June 2024 version.
3. Bray, D.J. (2017). "Mirognathus normani". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 23 November 2024.