| Bluntsnout smooth-head | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osmeriformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Xenodermichthys |
| Species: | X. copei |
| Binomial name | |
| Xenodermichthys copei (Gill, 1884) |
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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. Its length is from 20 to 50 cm.