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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderOsmeriformes
  4. ›familyAlepocephalidae
  5. ›genusAlepocephalus
Alepocephalus agassizii
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Agassiz' Slickhead

Alepocephalus agassizii Goode & Bean, 1883

Also calledAgassiz glathovedfisk (dan) · Alépocéphale obscur (fra) · Berhaus (isl)

First described in: Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1883). Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer "Blake," Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> v. 10 (no. 5): 183-226.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5214412.