Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10. Greyish in color, fins blackish (Ref. 5528). Dissection shows pelvic fins to have 2 minute spines in front of the long ray, and variable number of vestigial spines and rays in skinny projection behind the long ray.

Common Names

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Jelly-head fish , English , Malaysia

Jelly-head fish , English , Global

Berudu agar , Malay , Malaysia

Ikan berudu , Malay , Malaysia

南非辫鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

南非辮魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ateleopodiformes

Family: Ateleopodidae

Genus: Ateleopus

Species: Ateleopus natalensis Regan, 1921

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea to the Cape, South Africa.

Biology

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Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178.

Habitat

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benthopelagic