Rouleina attrita, the softskin smooth-head or softskin slickhead, is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae.[3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Rouleina |
| Species: | R. attrita
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| Rouleina attrita (Vaillant, 1888)
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Its specific name is from the Latin attrīta ("bruised, worn away"), presumably referring to the mutilated or decomposed state of the type specimens.[5]
Description edit
Rouleina attrita is black, measuring up to 42 cm (17 in).[6] Its upper jaw reaches to behind the eye, and it has a lateral line of 43–48 photophores.[7] It has 43–46 vertebrae.[8] Its scales are deciduous and its skin contains small fluid-filled compartments.[9] Its eyes contain convexiclivate temporal foveae containing densely packed ganglia.[10]
Habitat edit
Rouleina attrita is engybenthic or bathypelagic, meaning that it swims near the seafloor, living at depths of 450–2,300 m (1,480–7,550 ft). It has been recorded in all non-polar seas.[11][12]
Behaviour edit
Its testes are ribbon-like, in convoluted folds but never in discrete lobes. Its eggs are large, up to 3.2 mm (0.13 in) in diameter.[13]
References edit
- ^ Museum), Percy (Butch) Hulley (South Africa (July 11, 2012). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Rouleina attrita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species – via www.iucnredlist.org.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rouleina attrita (Vaillant, 1888)". www.marinespecies.org.
- ^ "Rouleina attrita". fishesofaustralia.net.au.
- ^ Collin, Shaun P.; Marshall, N. Justin (April 8, 2008). Sensory Processing in Aquatic Environments. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780387226286 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Order ALEPOCEPHALIFORMES (Slickheads)". December 29, 2016.
- ^ Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642828584 – via Google Books.
- ^ Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United (August 1, 2020). Identification guide to the mesopelagic fishes of the central and south east Atlantic Ocean. Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 9789251330944 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Fishery Bulletin". National Marine Fisheries Service. October 9, 1978 – via Google Books.
- ^ McEachran, John; Fechhelm, Janice D. (June 17, 2013). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292757059 – via Google Books.
- ^ Cronin, Thomas W.; Johnsen, Sönke; Marshall, N. Justin; Warrant, Eric J. (August 10, 2014). Visual Ecology. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691151847 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Sport Fishery Abstracts". Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. October 9, 1978 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Rouleina attrita, Softskin smooth-head". www.fishbase.se.
- ^ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Softskin smooth-head - Rouleina attrita". species-identification.org.
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