Bathypterois dubius
The Mediterranean spiderfish, Bathypterois dubius, a lizardfish of the family Ipnopidae, is found in the Eastern Atlantic, as well as the Mediterranean and northwest Atlantic.
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| Species: | B. dubius |
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| Bathypterois dubius Vaillant, 1888 | |
Like other species in its family, the Mediterranean spiderfish is hermaphroditic. It is solitary in nature and feeds on mysids and copepods. It reaches a length of 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in) SL.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Bathypterois dubius" in FishBase. March 2014 version.
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