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Aulotrachichthys atlanticus (Menezes, 1971)

Description

Common Names

  • Brazilian luminous roughy , English , USA

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Trachichthyiformes

    Family: Trachichthyidae

    Genus: Aulotrachichthys

    Species: Aulotrachichthys atlanticus (Menezes, 1971)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Southwestern Atlantic: known from Brazil (Ref. 53036), Uruguay (Ref. 54736) and Argentina (Ref. 2806).

    • Biology

    The young are pelagic, near the coast (Ref. 47377).

    Habitat

    demersal