Biology:Minyichthys sentus

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Minyichthys sentus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Minyichthys
Species:
M. sentus
Binomial name
Minyichthys sentus
C. E. Dawson, 1982 [2]

Minyichthys sentus is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae.[2] Little is known about this species preferred habitat and their proposed geographic distribution is based on only three specimens, two found in the Atlantic near Southern Spain and one found in the Mediterranean near Gibraltar. They have been recorded at depths of up to 170 meters.[3][4]

References

  1. Pollom, R. (2014). "Minyichthys sentus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T18258153A46263285. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T18258153A46263285.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18258153/46263285. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Pollom, R.. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18258153/46263285. Retrieved 20 August 2019. 
  3. Dawson, C.E. (1982). "Descriptions of Cosmocampus retropinnis sp. n., Minyichthys sentus sp. n. and Amphelikturus sp. (Pisces, Syngnathidae) from the eastern Atlantic region". Zoologica Scripta 11 (2): 135–140. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00526.x. 
  4. Dawson, C.E. (1983). "Western Atlantic Occurrence of the Genus Minyichthys (Pisces: Syngnathidae), with description of M. inusitatus n. sp.". Copeia 1983 (3): 774–776. doi:10.2307/1444345. 

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