Deepwater tilefish
| Deepwater tilefish Temporal range:
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| Great northern tilefish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Latilidae Gill, 1862 |
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Deepwater tilefishes are a family, Latilidae, of marine ray-finned fish native to the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. As their name suggests, they inhabit relatively deep waters on the continental shelf and slope, below 50 m in depth, and as deep as 200 m. They have a long life span, up to 46 years (females) and 39 years (males).