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Platytroctes mirus  (Lloyd, 1909)

Leaf searsid
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Osmeriformes (Smelts) > Platytroctidae (Tubeshoulders)
Etymology: Platytroctes: Greek, platys = flat + Greek, troktes, -ou = that eats (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 915 - ? m (Ref. 58018).   Deep-water, preferred ?; 65°N -

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Northeast Atlantic: single specimen found in the stomach of cod in Denmark Strait (record questionable). Elsewhere, Persian Gulf and Bay of Bengal.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6682)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in oxygen-poor waters at least in Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean.

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Quéro, J.-C., T. Matsui, R.H. Rosenblatt and Y.I. Sazonov, 1984. Searsiidae. p. 256-267. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 6682)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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