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Genus of ray-finned fishes

Platytroctes

Platytroctes apus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Platytroctidae
Genus:	Platytroctes Günther, 1878
Type species
Platytroctes apus Günther, 1878
Synonyms
Platytroctegen Lloyd, 1909

Platytroctes is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Platytroctidae, the tubeshoulders.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

Platytroctes apus Günther, 1878 – legless searsid
Platytroctes mirus (Lloyd, 1909) – leaf searsid

References

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Paltytroctidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Platytroctes". FishBase. February 2012 version.

Taxon identifiers
Platytroctes	Wikidata: Q2092412 AFD: Platytroctes BOLD: 4222 CoL: 6S72 GBIF: 2411053 iNaturalist: 91144 IRMNG: 1111538 ITIS: 162332 NBN: NHMSYS0019996016 NCBI: 170201 Open Tree of Life: 621125 WoRMS: 125905

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