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Bathylychnops exilis Cohen, 1958

Javelin spookfish
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Japan country information

Common names: Mukashi-demenigisu
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Two specimens (43 cm, 50 cm SL) have been taken from off the Kashimanada Sea with a midwater trawl from a depth of 430 to 640 m.
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 ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Argentiniformes (Marine smelts) > Opisthoproctidae (Barreleyes or spookfishes)
Etymology: Bathylychnops: Greek, bathys = deep + Greek, lychnos = lamp + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cohen.

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

เกี่ยวกับทะเล,น้ำเค็ม; สัตว์น้ำที่อาศัยและอพยพภายในทะเลเท่านั้น (Ref. 51243); ระดับความลึก 400 - 800 m (Ref. 96339).   Subtropical; 55°N - 35°N, 140°E - 120°W

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