''Barbantus'' is a genus of
tubeshoulder
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 , and some have light-pr ...
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Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Barbantus curvifrons
''Barbantus curvifrons'', commonly known as the palebelly searsid, is a species of ray-finned fish known from the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the eastern Atlantic Ocean where it has been found at depths below . The generic name ''Barb ...
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( Roule & Angel, 1931) (Palebelly searsid)
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Barbantus elongatus''
G. Krefft, 1970
References
Platytroctidae
Ray-finned fish genera
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Albert Eide Parr
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