THREADFIN PITHEAD

Aethotaxis mitopteryx subsp. mitopteryx

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IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED

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Aethotaxis mitopteryx mitopteryx DeWitt, 1962

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Animals +
- Chordates +
  - Ray-finned fishes +
    - Perch-like fishes +
      - Cod icefishes +
        
        Aethotaxis +
        
        Threadfin pithead +
        
        Threadfin pithead
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Feeds on zooplankton. The storage of lipids in cells of adipose tissue as well as the reduced calcification of the skeleton provide buoyancy to this species.

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