Agassiz' smooth-head
Agassiz' smooth-head ("Leptochilichthys agassizii") is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae. It is named for the scientist and engineer Alexander Agassiz (1835–1910), who commanded the 1899 survey aboard the USS "Albatross" on which the fish was discovered. Description. Agassiz' smooth-head is brownish in colour, with a large head. Its maximum length is . It has large scales, with 47–52 in its lateral line. Habitat. Agassiz' smooth-head lives in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean; it is bathypelagic, living at depths of . Reproduction. It lays large eggs, up to in diameter. Agassiz