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Dermatias platynogaster Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Comments: Type locality, off east coast of Luzon, USNM 70269 (holotype of Dermatias platynogaster, 13.4 cm SL, metamorphosed female) (Ref. 51262).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pietsch, T.W. and V.E. Kharin, 2004
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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: Dermatias: Greek, 'derma' or 'dermatos' = skin or leather (alluring to its integument, being "naked, very loose, and soft") (Ref. 86949);  platynogaster: From the Latin for horrible (Ref. 33626).
  More on authors: Smith & Radcliffe.

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 549 - 1342 m (Ref. 51262).   Tropical

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