Northern smoothtongue
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The Northern smoothtongue (Leuroglossus schmidti) is a type of deepwater fish
that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in). The fish are located from the north Pacific Ocean
southeast Hokkaido, Japan to Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea
as well as waters off southern British Columbia, Canada.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in). The fish are located from the north Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
southeast Hokkaido, Japan to Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea
Bering Sea
The Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves....
as well as waters off southern British Columbia, Canada.