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Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
marine
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Formerly known from the Sulu Sea. Collected during the Hearst Expedition 2011 done off Batangas and Mindoro, off SW Luzon, and if the identification is correct, the first record for the South China Sea area (Ref. 95664); although it has been reported from Lagonoy Gulf in Ref. 280.
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Occurrences:
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Main Ref:
Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953
National Database:
> Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Sternoptychinae
Etymology: Polyipnus:Greek, poly = a lot of + Greek, ipnos = lanterns. More on author: Schultz.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
生態学
海 底生の漂泳性; 深さの範囲 50 - 500 m (Ref. 26382). Deep-water
Western Pacific: Java Trench, Timor, Halmahera, Sulu and Celebes seas, New Britain Trench (off the Solomon Islands), south-eastward to New Caledonia and with a few captures to the north of New Zealand. Has not been collected in the South China Sea (Ref. 26382).
サイズ / 重さ / 年齢
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.5 cm SL オス/雌雄の選別がない; (Ref. 26382)
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | 繁殖 | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | 幼生
Harold, A.S., 1994. A taxonomic revision of the sternoptychid genus Polyipnus (Teleostei: Stomiiformes) with an analysis of phylogenetic relationships. Bull. Mar. Sci. 54(2):428-534. (Ref. 26382)