Common name of Bleekeria profunda
 
Common name Deep-water sandlance
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Global
Locality
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Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core habitat/ecology
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks English name proposed by P. Psomadakis (pers.comm. 07/2021) - specific epithet "profunda" in referring to its capture at a depth of 237-240 m, the deepest known for an ammodytid fish.
 
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