Longnose tapirfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Notacanthiformes |
Family: | Notacanthidae |
Genus: | Polyacanthonotus |
Species: | P. challengeri
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Binomial name | |
Polyacanthonotus challengeri (Vaillant, 1888)
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The longnose tapirfish (Polyacanthonotus challengeri) is a species of deep-sea spiny eel that lives in bathypelagic environments, and is a host of an endoparasite, Brachyenteron rissoanum[3].[4]