Tubeshoulders
Platytroctidae
The tubeshoulders are a family, the Platytroctidae, of marine smelts. They are found throughout the world, except for the Mediterranean Sea. Tubeshoulders live at moderate depths of 300 to 1,000 m (980 to 3,280 ft), and some have light-producing organs. They are generally small to medium fish, ranging from 9 to 33 cm (3.5 to 13.0 in) in length.
13 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 40 known species
Holtbyrnia
genusHoltbyrnia
Maulisia
genusMaulisia
Searsid Tubeshoulder
genusSearsia
Persparsia
genusPersparsia
Normichthys
genusNormichthys
Sagamichthys
genusSagamichthys
Barbantus
genusBarbantus
Mirorictus
genusMirorictus
Mentodus
genusMentodus
Platytroctes
genusPlatytroctes
Pectinantus
genusPectinantus
Matsuichthys
genusMatsuichthys
Searsioides
genusSearsioides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85994.