Lipogenys gillii, the blackfin tapirfish, is a species of spiny eel in the family Notacanthidae, the only member of its genus. It is a benthic deep-sea fish occurring along the eastern coast of North America and in the southwestern Pacific near Australia at depths from 400 to 2,000 m.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Notacanthiformes |
Family: | Notacanthidae |
Genus: | Lipogenys Goode & T. H. Bean, 1895 |
Species: | L. gillii
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Binomial name | |
Lipogenys gillii Goode & T. H. Bean, 1895
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Synonyms[1][2] | |
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References
edit- ^ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Notacanthidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lipogenys gillii". FishBase. June 2011 version.