Rouleina attrita

Rouleina attrita
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Rouleina
Species:
R. attrita
Binomial name
Rouleina attrita
(Vaillant, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Bathytroctes aequatoris Goode & Bean, 1896
  • Bathytroctes attritus Vaillant, 1888
  • Bathytroctes mollis Köhler, 1896
  • Caudania mollis Köhler, 1896
  • Rouleina attritus Vaillant, 1888
  • Rouleina mollis Köhler, 1896
  • Talismania mollis Köhler, 1896

Rouleina attrita, the softskin smooth-head or softskin slickhead, is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae.

Its specific name is from the Latin attrīta ("bruised, worn away"), presumably referring to the mutilated or decomposed state of the type specimens.

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