''Rinoctes nasutus'', the abyssal smooth-head, is a species of
slickhead
Slickheads, also known as nakedheads or smoothheads, are deep water fishes that belong to the family Alepocephalidae. They are most commonly found in the bathypelagic layer, which is approximately 3000m below the surface. They get their name from ...
that is found at depths of to in the
Atlantic Ocean
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, and possibly in the
Indian
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* South Asia ...
and
Pacific Ocean
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s.
[ This species is the only known species in its genus. It grows to a length of SL.][
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References
Alepocephalidae
Monotypic ray-finned fish genera
Monotypic marine fish genera
Taxa named by Albert Eide Parr
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