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Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus (Woods, 1961)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 9. Body slender. Head slightly longer than deep. Snout blunt and rounded. Back and sides light reddish brown, lower sides dark gray to black (Ref. 37108).

Common Names

  • Western luminous roughy , English , USA

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Trachichthyiformes

    Family: Trachichthyidae

    Genus: Aulotrachichthys

    Species: Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus (Woods, 1961)

    Climate Zone

  • bathypelagic

    • Location

  • Southwest Atlantic: off Amazon River mouth, northern Brazil.

    • Biology

    Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

    Habitat

    bathypelagic