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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderOsmeriformes
  4. ›familyAlepocephalidae
  5. ›genusAlepocephalus
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Bicolor Slickhead

Alepocephalus bicolor Alcock, 1891

Also calledHosomekon-nyakuiwashi (jpn) · uzlatka dvoubarvá (ces) · ホソメコンニャクイワシ (jpn) · 雙色平頭魚 (zho) · 雙色黑頭魚 (zho) · 黑頭魚 (zho)

First described in: Wood-Mason, J.; Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. Series II, No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890-1891 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. VIII, Sixth series(XLIV): 119-138

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5214391.