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| Illustration of a specimen taken to the surface. In a live specimen, the membrane over the top of the head forms a transparent dome. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Argentiniformes |
| Family: | Opisthoproctidae |
| Genus: | Opisthoproctus Vaillant, 1888 |
| Species: | O. soleatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Opisthoproctus soleatus Vaillant, 1888
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Opisthoproctus soleatus is a species of fish in the family Opisthoproctidae. It was first described in 1888 by Léon Vaillant. The species lives in most tropical seas, but is more common in the eastern Atlantic, from western Ireland to Mauritania and from Sierra Leone to Angola, and also in the South China Sea. O. soleatus can grow to a standard length of 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) and usually live from about 500 to 700 metres (1,600 to 2,300 ft) deep.
- ^ Iwamoto, T. (2015). "Opisthoproctus soleatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T18155920A21407208. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T18155920A21407208.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.