Polymixia lowei Güther 1859
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3803.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B22B642B-9987-41AB-8792-0F35D2EAD945 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/02638790-0D64-FFB6-FF31-37C5FDB1FC29 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Polymixia lowei Güther 1859 |
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Polymixia lowei Güther 1859 View in CoL ) — Beardfish
Justification: UF 182989 (1, 166 mm SL) and SIO 76–205 (5), both collections from Lang Bank; listed as "rare" by Clavijo et al. (1980:9).
Distribution: WA (BD, FL, GOM, BA, GA, VI, LA, WC, nSA).
Remarks: A deep-water species that has also been taken as shallow as 24 m.
CARAPIDAE —pearlfishes (1 species)
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