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starry smooth-head (Photostylus pycnopterus)
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Ecological Illustration of starry smooth-head (Photostylus pycnopterus)
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Alepocephalidae

starry smooth-head

Photostylus pycnopterus

Thirteen Centimeters Alepocephalid Fish from the Atlantic Ocean

  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Europe
  • Oceania
  • Small

starry smooth-head is known from Circumglobal as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Slickheads and Tubeshoulders
Family
Alepocephalidae
Genus
Photostylus
Water type
Marine
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RELATED SPECIES

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