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... fishes ( family Alepisauridae ) , which may reach a maximum length of 2.1 metres ( 6.9 feet ) . The lancet fish has an elongated body with tremendously enlarged , dagger - like teeth , a fragile sail - like dorsal fin , and a soft ...
... fishes ( family Alepisauridae ) , which may reach a maximum length of 2.1 metres ( 6.9 feet ) . The lancet fish has an elongated body with tremendously enlarged , dagger - like teeth , a fragile sail - like dorsal fin , and a soft ...
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... fishes of the suborders Stomiatoidei , Alepocephaloidei , and Myctophoidei . Homing by trout and salmon Abun- dance of deep - sea species The lateral line. silver hatchetfish Argyropelecus aculeatus viperfish Chauliodus sloanei grid - eye ...
... fishes of the suborders Stomiatoidei , Alepocephaloidei , and Myctophoidei . Homing by trout and salmon Abun- dance of deep - sea species The lateral line. silver hatchetfish Argyropelecus aculeatus viperfish Chauliodus sloanei grid - eye ...
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... Fishes of Japan ; ( Congiopodus ) J.L.B. Smith , Sea Fishes of Southern Africa ; ( Prionotus , Dactylopterus , Aspidophoroides , Scorpaena , Sebastes ) D.S. Jordan , A Guide to the Study of Fishes , Copyright 1905 by Holt , Rinehart and ...
... Fishes of Japan ; ( Congiopodus ) J.L.B. Smith , Sea Fishes of Southern Africa ; ( Prionotus , Dactylopterus , Aspidophoroides , Scorpaena , Sebastes ) D.S. Jordan , A Guide to the Study of Fishes , Copyright 1905 by Holt , Rinehart and ...
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