Agassiz' smooth-head

Agassiz' smooth-head (Leptochilichthys agassizii) is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae.[3][4] It is named for the scientist and engineer Alexander Agassiz (1835–1910), who commanded the 1899 survey aboard the USS Albatross on which the fish was discovered.[5]

Agassiz' smooth-head
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Leptochilichthys
Species:
L. agassizii
Binomial name
Leptochilichthys agassizii
(Garman, 1899)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptochilichthys agassizi (Garman, 1899)
  • Leptochilichthys agassizi macrops (Roule & Angel, 1931)
  • Leptochilichthys macrops (Roule & Angel, 1933)

Description

Agassiz' smooth-head is brownish in colour, with a large head.[6][7] Its maximum length is 30.8 centimetres (1.01 ft).[8] It has large scales, with 47–52 in its lateral line.[7]

Habitat

Agassiz' smooth-head lives in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean;[9] it is bathypelagic, living at depths of 2,000–3,100 m (6,600–10,200 ft).[10][11]

Reproduction

It lays large eggs, up to 8.5 mm (0.33 in) in diameter.[7]

References
  1. Museum), Percy (Butch) Hulley (South Africa (July 11, 2012). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Leptochilichthys agassizii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leptochilichthys agassizii Garman, 1899". www.marinespecies.org.
  3. "Agassiz' smooth-head - Leptochilichthys agassizii - Garman, 1899". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
  4. Fisheries, United States Bureau of (September 6, 1927). "Annual Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce for the Fiscal Year Ended ." U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  5. Garman, S. (September 6, 1899). "Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. 26. The fishes". Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 24: 1–431. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.27494.
  6. Carpenter, Kent E.; Niem, Volker H. (September 6, 1999). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251043028 – via Google Books.
  7. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Agassiz' smooth-head - Leptochilichthys agassizii". species-identification.org.
  8. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leptochilichthys agassizii Garman, 1899". www.marinespecies.org.
  9. "Journal of Ichthyology". Scripta Publishing Company. September 6, 1995 – via Google Books.
  10. Priede, I. G. (August 10, 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107083820 – via Google Books.
  11. "Leptochilichthys agassizii, Agassiz' smooth-head". www.fishbase.se.
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