Biology:Bathypterois dubius
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Short description: Species of fish
| Bathypterois dubius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Ipnopidae |
| Genus: | Bathypterois |
| Species: | B. dubius
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathypterois dubius Vaillant, 1888
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Bathypterois dubius, the Mediterranean spiderfish, a lizardfish of the family Ipnopidae, is found in the Eastern Atlantic, as well as the Mediterranean and northwest Atlantic.
Like other species in its family, the Mediterranean spiderfish is hermaphroditic. It is solitary in nature and feeds on mysids and copepods. It reaches a length of 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in) SL.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Bathypterois dubius" in FishBase. March 2014 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2307578 entry
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