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southern fathead (Psychrolutes sio)
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southern fathead (Psychrolutes sio) specimen
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Psychrolutidae

southern fathead

Psychrolutes sio

Fish Found at Nine Hundred Sixty Seven Meters

  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • South America
  • Medium

southern fathead is known from Southeast Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Maximum length
23.3 cm
Water
Marine
Distribution
Southeast Pacific: Peru and Chile.
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