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Echiostoma barbatum Lowe, 1843

Threadfin dragonfish
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Japan country information

Common names: Murasaki-hoshi-eso
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from near the Ogasawara Islands and the Kyushu-Palau Ridge.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Echiostoma: Greek, echieys, eos = a little viper + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Lowe.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

समुद्री बैथीपिलाजिक; गहराई सीमा 30 - 4200 m (Ref. 58302).   Deep-water; 48°N - 40°S

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग |
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