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Cryptacanthodes

Index Cryptacanthodes

Cryptacanthodes is a genus of perciform fishes commonly referred to as wrymouths. [1]

15 relations: Actinopterygii, Animal, Atlantic Ocean, Benthic zone, Charles Henry Gilbert, Chordate, Cryptacanthodes giganteus, David Humphreys Storer, Genus, Heinrich von Kittlitz, List of fish families, Pacific Ocean, Perciformes, Theodore Gill, Wrymouth.

Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fishes, constitute a class or subclass of the bony fishes.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Benthic zone

The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean or a lake, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers.

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Charles Henry Gilbert

Charles Henry Gilbert (December 5, 1859 in Rockford, Illinois – April 20, 1928 in Palo Alto, California) was a pioneer ichthyologist and fishery biologist of particular significance to natural history of the western United States.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Cryptacanthodes giganteus

Cryptacanthodes giganteus, the Giant wrymouth, is a species of wrymouth found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea to northern California where it is believed to spend most of its life buried in soft areas at the bottom of the ocean at depths of from.

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David Humphreys Storer

David Humphreys Storer (March 26, 1804—September 10, 1891) was an American physician and naturalist.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Heinrich von Kittlitz

Friedrich Heinrich, Freiherr von Kittlitz (16 February 1799 – 10 April 1874) was a German artist, naval officer, explorer and naturalist.

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List of fish families

This is a list of fish families sorted alphabetically by scientific name.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Perciformes

Perciformes, also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish.

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Theodore Gill

Theodore Nicholas Gill (March 21, 1837 – September 25, 1914) was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.

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Wrymouth

The wrymouth, Cryptacanthodes maculatus, sometimes called ghostfish, is a slim, eel-like creature belongs to the wrymouth family Cryptacanthodidae.

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Cryptacanthodidae, Cryptacanthoides, Delolepis, Lyconectes, Zoarcites.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptacanthodes

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