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Bathytyphlops sewelli (Norman, 1939)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Anal spines: 16.

Common Names

  • 西氏深海青眼魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 西氏深海青眼鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Aulopiformes

    Family: Ipnopidae

    Genus: Bathytyphlops

    Species: Bathytyphlops sewelli (Norman, 1939)

    Climate Zone

  • bathydemersal

    • Location

  • Eastern Atlantic: off Azores, Cape Verde to Nigeria. Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea. Indian Ocean: Somalia to Tanzania. Also known from the Arabian Sea Ref. 26165).

    • Biology

    Solitary. Bottom feeder. Feeds on benthopelagic mysids and copepods. Synchronously hermaphroditic. Fecundity per generation is ca 6,000 eggs (Ref. 6688).

    Habitat

    bathydemersal

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless