Platytroctidae

The tubeshoulders are a family, Platytroctidae, of ray-finned fish belonging to the order Alepocephaliformes. They are found throughout the world, except for the Mediterranean Sea. Tubeshoulders live at moderate depths of 300 to 1,000 m (980 to 3,280 ft), and some have light-producing organs. They are generally small to medium fish, ranging from 9 to 33 cm (3.5 to 13.0 in) in length.[1]

Platytroctidae
Legless searsid (Platytroctes apus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Platytroctidae
Roule, 1916
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Platytroctidés Roule 1916
  • Searsiidae Parr 1951 corrig. Lindberg 1971
  • Barbantini Sazonov 1986
  • Mirorictinae Parr 1951

Genera

The family contains the following genera:[1]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Platytroctidae" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  2. Přikryl, T.; Carnevale, G. (2019). "An Oligocene tubeshoulder (Teleostei, Alepocephaliformes) from the Central Paratethys (Czech Republic): the first skeletal record for the family Platytroctidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (6): e1719123. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1719123. S2CID 216207889.


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