Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11. Body pinkish to chocolate-brown, head grayish-black or dark gray, snout black, fins light gray (Ref. 33731).

Common Names

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Keskmine aldrovandia , Estonian , Estonia

中吻海蜴魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

中吻海蜴鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Notacanthiformes

Family: Halosauridae

Genus: Aldrovandia

Species: Aldrovandia mediorostris (Günther, 1887)

Climate Zone

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bathypelagic

Location

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Indo-West Pacific: Arabian sea between Maldives and Cape Comorin; Indonesia and Philippines.

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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bathypelagic