shortspine tenplate

Polyipnus asteroides

Sternoptychid Fish from Seven Hundred Thirty Two Meters

Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
South America
Deep-bodied
Small

shortspine tenplate is known around Western Central Atlantic as a migratory fish; It occurs in deep water, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 8.1 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonfishes and Allies
Family: Sternoptychidae
Genus: Polyipnus
Maximum length: 8.1 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: Caribbean Sea in the vicinity of the continental slope of South America, and off Puerto Rico. Also in the Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 27768 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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