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Topic: Opisthoproctidae


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  Eschmeyer References by Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Badcock, J., 1988 Evidence for the assignment of *Dolichopteryx brachyrhynchus* Parr to the genus *Bathylychnops* Cohen (Pisces, Opisthoproctidae).
Kobyliansky, S. and Fedorov, V. A new species of the genus *Dolichopteryx*, *D. parini* (Opisthoproctidae) from the mesopelagic zone of the Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea.
Trunov, I. The species of the Opisthoproctidae family form the southern Atlantic Ocean.
www.fishbase.org /Eschmeyer/EschRefFamily.cfm?Family=Opisthoproctidae   (548 words)

  
 FullTooth: Spookfish
Any of about 11 species of small marine fishes constituting the family Opisthoproctidae (order Salmoniformes), with representatives in each of the major oceans.
The name spookfish, or barreleye, as they are sometimes called, originates from their unusual eyes, which are pointed upward and are borne at the end of short tubular stalks.
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fulltooth.blogspot.com /2004/12/spookfish.html   (64 words)

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