Photostylus pycnopterus Beebe, 1933
Starry smooth-head

Family:  Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
Max. size:  13 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathypelagic; marine; depth range 701 - 2868 m
Distribution:  Circumglobal. Eastern Atlantic: Iceland, and from France south to Morocco including Madeira and Azores Islands; Mauritania south to Guinea Bissau (Ref. 4460). Reported from Western Australia and New South Wales (Ref. 7300).
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Biology:  Meso- and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302). Found in areas with steeply inclined slopes. Ovarian eggs relatively large (1.8 mm in diameter) and few (96 in a female of 10 cm).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 July 2012 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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