| Crested oarfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lampriformes |
| Family: | Lophotidae |
| Genus: | Lophotus |
| Species: | L. lacepede
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophotus lacepede Giorna, 1809
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The crested oarfish (Lophotus lacepede) is a species of crestfish in the family Lophotidae. It is an oceanodromous fish ranging from waters 0–92 meters deep, but may get stranded in shallow waters.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ Knudsen, S. (2015). "Lophotus lacepede". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190207A47460929. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190207A47460929.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Lophotus lacepede summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "Taxonomy Browser". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. U.S.: National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ Ahnelt, Harald; Dulčić, Jakov (2007). "How many specimens of the crested oarfish, Lophotus lacepede Giorna, 1809 (Pisces: Lophotidae), were caught in the Adriatic Sea?". Acta Adriatica. 48 (1): 39–43.
- ^ Economidis, Panos S.; Karidas, Theofanis; Minos, George (2015). "Range extension for crested oarfish Lophotus lacepede Giorna, 1809 in the waters of the northern Aegean Sea, Greece". Acta Adriatica. 56 (2): 283–289.