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Icosteidae (Ragfishes)

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Icosteus aenigmaticus
Ragfish
Icosteidae
Perciformes
Actinopterygii
About This Family
Distribution:
Pacific coast of North America
Habitat:
Marine
Remarks:
The family Icosteidae contains a single species, the North Pacific ragfish, Icosteus aenigmaticus. Ragfishes have slender and highly compressed body and a skeleton which is made up of mostly cartilaginous. The scales and the pelvic fins are completely lacking in adults. They can grow to a maximum reported length of 2 m.

This family comprises only one species, Icosteus aenigmaticus.

References:
Nelson 2006
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