Bathyclupeidae
Bathyclupeidae (subclass Actinopterygii, order Perciformes) A small family of physically fragile, silvery, deep-bodied, large-eyed, mid-water, deep-sea fish whose mouth gape is almost vertical. There are about four species, found at depths of about 500 m in tropical waters.
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