Biology:Polyipnus asteroides

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Short description: Species of fish

Polyipnus asteroides
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Sternoptychidae
Genus: Polyipnus
Species:
P. asteroides
Binomial name
Polyipnus asteroides
Schultz, 1938 [1]

Polyipnus asteroides, commonly known as the shortspine tenplate, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Sternoptychidae. It occurs in deep water in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Maine southward to the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It occurs to a depth of about 500 metres (1,600 ft).[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2837171 entry