Pachystomias
Pachystomias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Stomiiformes |
Family: | Stomiidae |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Pachystomias Günther, 1887 |
Species: | P. microdon
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Binomial name | |
Pachystomias microdon (Günther, 1878)
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Pachystomias microdon, the smalltooth dragonfish, is a species of barbeled dragonfish found in the oceans at depths of from 660 to 4,000 metres (2,170 to 13,120 ft). This species grows to a length of 22.1 centimetres (8.7 in) SL. This species is the only known species in its genus.
References[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Pachystomias microdon" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
Categories:
- Stomiidae
- Taxa named by Albert Günther
- Monotypic marine fish genera
- Stomiiformes stubs