| Ipnopidae (Deep-sea tripod fishes) |
| 20.5 cm SL (male/unsexed); 20.4 cm TL (female) |
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bathydemersal; depth range 260 - 2800 m |
| Eastern Atlantic: northeast Atlantic to off Sierra Leone; one record from the Mediterranean. One record from the northwest Atlantic. |
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| Found on continental slope and rise between temperatures of 12°C to 4°C (Ref. 3590). Usually solitary; probably forms occasional aggregates. Feeds on mysids and benthopelagic copepods. Synchronously hermaphroditic (Ref. 6688). |
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(Ref. 96402)
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| harmless |
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