Smooth oreo
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The smooth oreo or smooth dory, Pseudocyttus maculatus, is an oreo, the only species
in the genus
Pseudocyttus. It is found in all southern oceans at depths of between 400 and 1,500 metres. Its length is up to 60 cm.
Monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...
in the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Pseudocyttus. It is found in all southern oceans at depths of between 400 and 1,500 metres. Its length is up to 60 cm.