Biology:Pacific footballfish
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Short description: Species of fish
| Pacific footballfish | |
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| Specimen preserved at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO 21-41) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Himantolophidae |
| Genus: | Himantolophus |
| Species: | H. sagamius
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| Binomial name | |
| Himantolophus sagamius (S. Tanaka (I), 1918)
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The Pacific footballfish (Himantolophus sagamius) is a species found in the Pacific. It has a wide range, extending from the coasts of Honshu (Gulf of Sagami) and Hokkaido islands through the Kuril-Kamchatka trough, in the northwest Pacific, to the eastern Pacific from California to Peru.[1] The footballfish is a species of anglerfish, and is known to live in waters as deep as 3,000 feet (900 m) or 500 fathoms.[2]
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See also
References
- ↑ "ITIS standard report: Himantolophus sagamius (Tanaka, 1918)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=690494. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ↑ "Spooky 'Finding Nemo' fish washes up on California beach". 12 May 2021. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57085504.
Wikidata ☰ Q4016818 entry
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