''Platytroctes'' is a genus of
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...
in the family
Platytroctidae
The tubeshoulders are a family, Platytroctidae, of ray-finned fish belonging to the order Alepocephaliformes
Alepocephaliformes is an order of ray-finned fish. It was previously classified as the suborder Alepocephaloidei of the order Argenti ...
, the tubeshoulders.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Platytroctes apus
''Platytroctes apus'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Platytroctidae
The tubeshoulders are a family, Platytroctidae, of ray-finned fish belonging to the order Alepocephaliformes
Alepocephaliformes is an order of ray-finned fi ...
''
Günther, 1878 – legless searsid
* ''
Platytroctes mirus''
(Lloyd
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People
* Lloyd (name), a variation of the Welsh word ' or ', which means "grey" or "brown"
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* Lloyd (singer) (born 1986), American ...
, 1909) – leaf searsid
References
Platytroctidae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Albert Günther
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