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Benthosema pterotum (Alcock, 1890)

Skinnycheek lanternfish
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Iran country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paxton, J.R., 2010
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Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Myctophinae
Etymology: Benthosema: Greek, benthos = depth of the sea + Greek, sema, sematos = signal, flag (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Alcock.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 10 - 300 m (Ref. 4066).   Deep-water; 37°N - 33°S, 33°E - 154°E

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