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Thalassobathia pelagica
Species of fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thalassobathia pelagica is a species of fish in the family Bythitidae (viviparous brotulas).[2][3][4] It is sometimes referred to by the common name pelagic brotula.[5]
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Description
Thalassobathia pelagica has a maximum length of 22.1 cm (8.7 in). It has 72–79 dorsal soft rays, 58–65 anal soft rays and 22–29 pectoral soft rays.[6] It has 7 branchiostegal rays and its head and body are compressed.[7]
Habitat
Thalassobathia pelagica is bathypelagic,[8] living at depths of 500–1,000 m (1,600–3,300 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean.[9] Two specimens have been collected between Iceland and Ireland, and one from the Gulf of Guinea. It has also been reported from Greenland and Iceland. A specimen from the Bering Sea has uncertain identification as this species.[10]
Behaviour
Thalassobathia pelagica lives in close association with the sea jelly Stygiomedusa gigantea.[11]
References
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