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Platytroctidae (Tubeshoulders)
Etymology: Mirorictus: Latin, mirus = wonderful + Latin, rictus = open mouth (Ref. 45335); taningi: Named for Å. Vedel Tåning.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 1750 m (Ref. 40966). Deep-water, preferred ?
Eastern Pacific: Gulf of Panama.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40778)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal fin rays 18.5; anal 17.5. Branchiostegal rays 4. Pyloric caeca 5. Gill rakers at first arch 5 + 1 + 12, the longest about 3% SL. Longitudinal scale series about 66 scales from the top of the gill slit to caudal base.
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Parr, A.E., 1947. A new genus of deepsea fish from the Gulf of Panama. Copeia 1947(1):59-500. (Ref. 40778)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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