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Halosaurs
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Halosaurs

Halosauridae

Halosaurs are eel-shaped fishes found only at great ocean depths. As the family Halosauridae, halosaurs are one of two families within the order Notacanthiformes; the other being the deep-sea spiny eels, Notacanthidae. Halosaurs are thought to have a worldwide distribution, with some 17 species in three genera represented. Only a handful of specimens have been observed alive, all in chance encounters with Remotely operated underwater vehicles.

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3 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 16 known species

Aldrovandia

genusAldrovandia

Halosaurus

genusHalosaurus

Abyssal Halosaurs

genusHalosauropsis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85807.