Bluntsnout Slickhead
Xenodermichthys copei
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The bluntsnout smooth-head, black slickhead, Cope's bluntsnout smooth-head, or Atlantic gymnast, Xenodermichthys copei, is a slickhead of the genus Xenodermichthys, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, and the Tasman Sea, at depths of 100 to 2,600 m. This species grows to a length of 31 centimetres (12 in) TL.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Alepocephaliformes
- Family
- Alepocephalidae
- Genus
- Xenodermichthys