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Pseudocetonurus septifer

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Gadiformes

Scientific name
  
Pseudocetonurus septifer

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Macrouridae

Higher classification
  
Pseudocetonurus

Genus
  
Pseudocetonurus Sazonov & Shcherbachev, 1982

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Pseudocetonurus septifer is a species of rattail, the only known species in the genus Pseudocetonurus. This fish is found at depths of up to 950 m in the waters around Hawaii and in the south-eastern Pacific. It has recently also been recorded on the other side of the Pacific, near Taiwan, and this species probably has a pan-Pacific distribution but has been underrecorded due to the depths in which it lives.

This species attains a length of up to 39 cm. It is unique among rattails in having 7 branchiostegal rays and a large gill opening. This is a generally very dark, sometimes black, fish with a very large head and small, widely spaced eyes. There is a small bioluminescent organ located between the pelvic fins.

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Pseudocetonurus septifer Wikipedia