Bembrops anatirostris

Bembrops anatirostris, commonly known as a duckbill flathead, is a species of fish in the family Percophidae. It is a deepwater fish typically found at depths between 100–400 metres (330–1,310 ft) in the western Atlantic Ocean. It can grow to a length of 35 centimetres (14 in).[2]

Bembrops anatirostris

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Percophidae
Genus: Bembrops
Species:
B. anatirostris
Binomial name
Bembrops anatirostris
Ginsburg, 1955

References

  1. Dooley, J.; Collette, B.; Aiken, K.A.; et al. (2015). "Bembrops anatirostris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16425187A16509657. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16425187A16509657.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Bembrops anatirostris" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  • M. Okiyama, Two types of pelagic larvae of Bembrops (Trachinoidea: Percophidae), with notes on their phylogenetic implication, Bulletin of marine science, 1997, vol. 60.


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