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Parmops echinatus

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Parmops echinatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachichthyiformes
Family: Anomalopidae
Genus: Parmops
Species:
P. echinatus
Binomial name
Parmops echinatus

Parmops echinatus is a species of flashlight fish found in the western Pacific Ocean.[1] It was first described in 2001 from two specimens caught off the coast of Fiji at depths of 440 m (1,440 ft) and 550 m (1,800 ft).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parmops echinatus". FishBase. December 2016 version.
  2. ^ Rosenblatt, R.H.; Seelo, J.; Johnson, G. D. (2001). "Parmops echinatus, a new species of flashlight fish (Beryciformes: Anomalopidae) from Fiji" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 114.
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