Animalia > Chordata > Osmeriformes > Alepocephalidae > Xenodermichthys > Xenodermichthys copei

Xenodermichthys copei (bluntsnout smoothhead; Cope's bluntsnout slickhead; Bluntsnout smooth-head; Bluntsnout slickhead; Black slickhead; Atlantic gymnast; Altantic gymnast)

Synonyms: Aleposomus copei; Aleposomus cyaneus; Xenodermichthys socialis
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Wikipedia Abstract

The bluntsnout smooth-head, black slickhead, cope's bluntsnout smooth-head, or Atlantic gymnast, Xenodermichthys copei, is a slickhead of the genus Xenodermichthys, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, and the Tasman Sea, at depths of 100 to 2,600 m. This species grows to a length of 31 centimetres (12 in) TL.
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Prey / Diet

Predators

Coryphaenoides rupestris (Roundnose grenadier)[1]
Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped Dolphin)[1]
Synaphobranchus kaupii (Gray's cutthroat)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Helicometra sulca <Unverified Name>[2]
Probothriocephalus alaini[2]
Steringophorus blackeri[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0