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Photostylus pycnopterus Beebe, 1933

Starry smooth-head
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Greenland country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Nielsen, J.G. and E. Bertelsen, 1992
Importance: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: The only known specimen was caught in a trawl at approx. 100 m at Dohrn Bank (Ref. 9925). Also Ref. 43202.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gl.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nielsen, J.G. and E. Bertelsen, 1992
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

> Alepocephaliformes (Slickheads and tubeshoulders.) > Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
Etymology: Photostylus: Greek, photos = light + Greek, stylos = column (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Beebe.

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

समुद्री बैथीपिलाजिक; गहराई सीमा 701 - 2868 m (Ref. 96339).   Deep-water; 65°N - 35°S, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 57326)

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