Silver eye

Polymixia japonica

Fish Reaching Thirty Centimeters in the East China Sea

Silver eye is a marine fish from Western Pacific. It inhabits deep water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 30 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Beardfishes
Family: Polymixiidae
Genus: Polymixia
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Pacific: Sagami Bay, Japan to the East China Sea; Chesterfield Islands (Ref. 11897 ). Eastern Pacific: Hawaiian Islands (Ref. 58302 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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