Rinoctes

Rinoctes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Rinoctes
A. E. Parr, 1952
Species:
R. nasutus
Binomial name
Rinoctes nasutus
(Koefoed, 1927)
Synonyms[2]
  • Bathytroctes nasutus Koefoed, 1927

Rinoctes is a monospecific genus of deepwater maine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alepocephalidae, the slickheads. The only species in the genus is Rinoctes nasutus, the abyssal smooth-head, which is found at depths of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) to 4,156 metres (13,635 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean, and possibly in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1] It grows to a length of 19 centimetres (7.5 in) SL.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Hulley, P. (2015). "Rinoctes nasutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T15149028A15149090. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T15149028A15149090.en. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Rinoctes". FishBase. February 2022 version.


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