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Polyipnus unispinus Schultz, 1938

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Philippines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Formerly known from the Sulu Sea. Collected during the Hearst Expedition 2011 done off Batangas and Mindoro, off SW Luzon, and if the identification is correct, the first record for the South China Sea area (Ref. 95664); although it has been reported from Lagonoy Gulf in Ref. 280.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Sternoptychinae
Etymology: Polyipnus: Greek, poly = a lot of + Greek, ipnos = lanterns.
  More on author: Schultz.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 50 - 500 m (Ref. 26382).   Deep-water

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