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Nansenia candida Cohen, 1958

Bluethroat argentine
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Japan country information

Common names: Kurosake-iwashi
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Off Iwate Pref., Sea of Japan, HUMZ 78238 (holotype of Nansenia sanrikuensis) (Ref. 86697). Occurs on the Pacific coast of the Tôhoku district. Two specimens (20.6 and 23.9 cm TL) were taken by trawl from 800 to 1000 m (Ref. 559). Also Ref. 96339.
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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
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Argentiniformes (Marine smelts) > Microstomatidae (Pencil smelts)
Etymology: candida: candida meaning shining white (Ref. 6885).
  More on author: Cohen.

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 83 - 1800 m (Ref. 96339).   Deep-water; 60°N - 30°N

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