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contains 12-13 rays, with the bottommost ray enlarged and bony. The coloration is silvery with 24-60 dark subvertical bands. The dorsal and caudal fins are crimson.
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Honma, Yoshiharu; Ushiki, Tatsuo; Takeda, Masaei (Feb 1999). "Histology of the ink tube and its associated organs in a unicornfish,
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FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the
Western Central Pacific
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650:"A fossil unicorn crestfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Lophotidae) from the Eocene of Iran"
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contains five to 9 rays and in adults is split lengthwise to form two rows of nubbins. The
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Fujita, K. & Hattori, J. (1976). "Stomach
Content Analysis of Longnose Lancetfish,
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This fish has ribbon-like body measuring up to 150 cm (59 in) in length. Its
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runs along the entire length of the body and contains 310-392
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328:is protrusible, and the jaws contain small conical
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317:, at a depth of around 1,000 m (3,300 ft).
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938:Monotypic ray-finned fish genera
390:of the unicorn crestfish is the
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615:Japanese Journal of Ichthyology
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344:contain 13-15 rays; the
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534:Richards, W.J. (2006).
493:Ichthyological Research
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309:. A report from the
505:1999IchtR..46...19H
491:(Lampridiformes)".
489:Eumecichthys fiskii
392:longnose lancetfish
68:Conservation status
762:Eumecichthys_fiski
748:Eumecichthys fiski
718:Eumecichthys fiski
667:10.7717/peerj.3381
586:Smiths' Sea Fishes
513:10.1007/BF02674944
463:Eumecichthys fiski
434:Eumecichthys fiski
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252:Eumecichthys fiski
214:Eumecichthys fiski
59:Eumecichthys fiski
35:Unicorn crestfish
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887:Open Tree of Life
710:Taxon identifiers
611:Alepisaurus ferox
415:Unicorn crestfish
396:Alepisaurus ferox
315:bathypelagic zone
257:unicorn crestfish
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287:Sea of Japan
283:South Africa
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155:Lampriformes
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809:iNaturalist
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346:pelvic fins
322:common name
261:unicornfish
933:Lophotidae
922:Categories
588:. Struik.
420:References
386:. A known
364:lampriform
354:caudal fin
334:dorsal fin
311:Bering Sea
269:Lophotidae
165:Lophotidae
676:2167-8359
660:: e3381.
408:of Iran.
384:intestine
376:predators
368:ink tubes
338:soft rays
326:upper jaw
265:crestfish
190:Species:
121:Kingdom:
115:Eukaryota
827:10837805
783:FishBase
727:Wikidata
694:28674642
635:89359106
521:25284408
470:FishBase
388:predator
350:anal fin
279:Kalk Bay
231:Synonyms
161:Family:
135:Chordata
131:Phylum:
125:Animalia
111:Domain:
88:IUCN 3.1
892:3629569
866:1263185
801:2400561
733:Q137988
685:5493034
501:Bibcode
372:cloacae
291:Florida
224:, 1890)
222:Günther
171:Genus:
151:Order:
141:Class:
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406:Eocene
332:. The
305:, and
303:Hawaii
299:Mexico
255:, the
184:, 1907
900:WoRMS
822:IRMNG
775:6GWZZ
654:PeerJ
631:S2CID
517:S2CID
330:teeth
307:India
182:Regan
874:OBIS
861:NCBI
848:IUCN
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796:GBIF
788:3260
690:PMID
672:ISSN
590:ISBN
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