Vitiaziella cubiceps

Vitiaziella cubiceps
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cetomimiformes
Family: Cetomimidae
Genus: Vitiaziella
Rass (ru), 1955
Species: V. cubiceps
Binomial name
Vitiaziella cubiceps
Rass (ru), 1955

Vitiaziella cubiceps is a species of flabby whalefish known from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench and the South China Sea at depths of from 1,500 to 6,200 metres (4,900 to 20,300 ft). It is the only known member of its genus.

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