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Pseudoscopelus scriptus Lütken, 1892

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Comments: Collected off La Parguera (Ref. 85782).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Melo, M.R.S., 2010
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Chiasmodontidae (Snaketooth fishes)
Etymology: Pseudoscopelus: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, skopelos = a lantern fish (Ref. 45335). Lütken did not recognize the presence of photophores on the body, confusing them with pores, but referred to a genus of lanternfish (Scopelus now Myctophum) when he named the genus (Ref. 85782).
  More on author: Lütken.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 250 - 1370 m (Ref. 85782).   Deep-water; 69°N - 20°S, 39°W - 23°W (Ref. 85782)

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