Monacoa grimaldii
Mirrorbelly | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Argentiniformes |
Family: | Opisthoproctidae |
Genus: | Monacoa |
Species: | M. grimaldii
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Binomial name | |
Monacoa grimaldii (Zugmayer, 1911)
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Synonyms | |
Opisthoproctus grimaldii Zugmayer, 1911 |
Monacoa grimaldii, also known as the mirrorbelly, is a species of fish in the family Opisthoproctidae found in most deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 300 to 4,750 metres (980 to 15,580 ft).[1] It has a body length of 10.5cm.
References[]
- ^ Poulsen, J.Y., Sado, T., Hahn, C., Byrkjedal, I., Moku, M. & Miya, M. (2016): Preservation Obscures Pelagic Deep-Sea Fish Diversity: Doubling the Number of Sole-Bearing Opisthoproctids and Resurrection of the Genus Monacoa (Opisthoproctidae, Argentiniformes). PLoS ONE, 11 (8): e0159762.
Categories:
- Opisthoproctidae
- Taxa named by Erich Zugmayer
- Fish described in 1911
- Argentiniformes stubs