''Parazen pacificus'', the parazen, is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
zeiform
The Zeiformes are a small order of marine ray-finned fishes most notable for the dories, a group of common food fish. The order consists of about 33 species in seven families, mostly deep-sea types.
Zeiform bodies are usually thin and deep. Mou ...
fish found in deep oceanic waters at depths of from . This species grows to a length of
TL. This species is the only known member of the
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
''Parazen''.
References
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Zeiformes
Fish described in 1935
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