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Western Luminous Roughy

Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus (Woods 1961)

Diagnostic Description

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Body slender. Head slightly longer than deep. Snout blunt and rounded. Back and sides light reddish brown, lower sides dark gray to black (Ref. 37108).
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 9
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Biology

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Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
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Western luminous roughy

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The Western luminous roughy (Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus) is a slimehead from the family Trachichthyidae. It is found in the southwest Atlantic, off the Amazon River mouth in northern Brazil. It can be found as deep as 229 metres (751 ft) and can reach lengths of up to 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) SL.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus" in FishBase. January 2017 version.
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Western luminous roughy: Brief Summary

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The Western luminous roughy (Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus) is a slimehead from the family Trachichthyidae. It is found in the southwest Atlantic, off the Amazon River mouth in northern Brazil. It can be found as deep as 229 metres (751 ft) and can reach lengths of up to 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) SL.

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