North Pacific crestfish

North Pacific crestfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lampriformes
Family: Lophotidae
Genus: Lophotus
Species: L. capellei
Binomial name
Lophotus capellei
Temminck & Schlegel, 1845

The North Pacific crestfish or unicornfish, Lophotus capellei, is a crestfish of the genus Lophotus, found in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, in deep water. Its length is up to 2 m.

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