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Shortlight siphonfish (Siphamia brevilux)
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Ecological Illustration of Shortlight siphonfish (Siphamia brevilux)
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Apogonidae

Shortlight siphonfish

Siphamia brevilux

Light organ tips on tongue

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Shortlight siphonfish is a marine fish from Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 2.2 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Cardinalfishes
Family
Apogonidae
Genus
Siphamia
Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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