Northern smoothtongue
Northern smoothtongue | |
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Family: | Bathylagidae
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Species: | L. schmidti
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Binomial name | |
Leuroglossus schmidti (ru), 1955
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The Northern smoothtongue (Leuroglossus schmidti) is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. The fish are native from the Pacific Ocean to Oregon, United States and also to the Gulf of California where they are found at depths of 100 to 690 metres (330 to 2,260 ft).[1]
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Leuroglossus schmidti" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
Categories:
- Bathylagidae
- Fish of the Pacific Ocean
- Fish of the United States
- Fish of Mexican Pacific coast
- Fish described in 1955
- Argentiniformes stubs