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Oneirodes sabex Pietsch & Seigel, 1980

Rough dreamer
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from New Zealand waters (Ref. 86949).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pietsch, T.W., 2009
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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) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Oneirodidae (Dreamers)
Etymology: Oneirodes: Greek, 'oneiros' = a dream or dreamlike or out of a dream (suggesting this fish is so strange and marvelous that can exist only in dreams) (Ref. 86949);  sabex: Name from the acronym formed from the initial letters of the name 'Southeast Asian Bioluminescence EXpedition'; in recognition of the important ichthyological contribution made by those involved (Ref. 26783).

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 780 - 1800 m (Ref. 86949).   Deep-water

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