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Neoscopelidae
Sign in to saveThe Neoscopelidae (blackchins or neoscopelids) are a small family of deep-sea fish closely related to the lanternfish. They are found in tropical and subtropical marine waters worldwide.
Species
blackchins
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderMyctophiformes
- FamilyNeoscopelidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 65
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Neoscopelidae
- Collections
- NMV, UA, VIMS, CAS, CSIRO, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Peru, United States, Philippines, Australia, PolynéSie FrançAise, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Polynesie, Salomon(I.)
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- Parent taxon
- Myctophiformes
- Image
- Shortfin neoscopelid (Neoscopelus microchir).jpg
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- Category:Neoscopelidae
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The Neoscopelidae (blackchins or neoscopelids) are a small family of deep-sea fish closely related to the lanternfish. They are found in tropical and subtropical marine waters worldwide.
They can be distinguished from the lanternfish only by a few technical characters, such as the position of the anal fin being far behind that of the dorsal fin. Some species also lack the light-emitting organs (photophores) of the lanternfish. They are typically between in length. One genus has photophores arranged in a single series along the edge of the tongue and one or two along the ventral surface of the body.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neoscopelidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.