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Alepisaurus brevirostris Gibbs, 1960 (short-snouted lancetfish) Alepisaurus ferox R. T. Lowe, 1833 (long-snouted lancetfish) The anatomic difference between the two species is the shape of the snout, which is long and pointed in A. ferox, and slightly shorter in A. brevirostris.
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Shortsnout lancetfish, lancetfish, Alepisaurus brevirostris Gibbs, 1960 (one specimen from off Algoa Bay; in all major oceans) [3] Longsnout lancetfish Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833 (Walvis Bay to Sodwana Bay; in all major oceans) [3] Family: Evermannellidae – Sabretooth fishes
Latin/Greek Language English Example Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix: acanthus etc.: G ἄκανθος (ákanthos): thorny, spiny: Acanthus plant; Parorchis acanthus, a flatworm
Alepisaurus ferox, also known as the long snouted lancetfish, longnose lancetfish, or cannibal fish, is a species of lancetfish found in the ocean depths down to 1,830 m (6,000 ft). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This species grows to 215 cm (85 in) in total length and a weight of 9 kg (20 lb).
Brevirostres is a paraphyletic group of crocodilians that included alligatoroids and crocodyloids.Brevirostres are crocodilians with small snouts, and are distinguished from the long-snouted gharials.
Metriorhynchus is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform that lived in the oceans during the Late Jurassic.The type species, M. brevirostris was named in 1829 as a species of Steneosaurus before being named as a separate genus by the German palaeontologist Christian von Meyer in 1832. [2]
Negaprion is a genus of requiem sharks in the family Carcharhinidae. [2] It contains the two extant species of lemon sharks: the lemon shark (N. brevirostris) of the Americas, and the sicklefin lemon shark (N. acutidens) of the Indo-Pacific.