Pelagic basslet
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The pelagic basslet, Howella brodiei, is an oceanic basslet of the family
Howellidae
, found circumglobally in tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths down to 1,800 m. Its length is up to 15 cm.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Howellidae
Howellidae
The oceanic basslets are a small family of perciform fishes containing three genera and eight species of mostly deep-water, bottom-dwelling fishes:* Genus Bathysphyraenops** Bathysphyraenops declivifrons Fedoryako, 1976...
, found circumglobally in tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths down to 1,800 m. Its length is up to 15 cm.