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Bathypterois mediterraneus Bauchot, 1962

Common Names

  • Mediterranean spiderfish
  • Mediterranean spiderfish

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Aulopiformes

    Family: Ipnopidae

    Genus: Bathypterois

    Species: Bathypterois mediterraneus Bauchot, 1962

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

    • Mediterranean Sea: Endemic.

    Biology

    Synchronously hermaphroditic (Ref. 6688)

    Habitat

    bathydemersal

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless

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    Bathypterois mediterraneus Bauchot, 1962