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Peru country information
Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
marine
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Confined to the continental slope off central and southern Peru, at depths of 400-750 m and were sometimes caught with A. fundukus and Talismania bifurcata (Ref. 41471).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Sazonov, Y.I., 1994
National Database:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Alepocephaliformes (Slickheads and tubeshoulders.) > Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
Etymology: Alepocephalus:Greek, alepos, alepidotos = without scales + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335); planifrons:Named for its wide, smooth upper surface on the head..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 400 - 750 m (Ref. 41471). Deep-water
Distribution
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