Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
A tropical, mesopelagic fish.
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Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley 1989 Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
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Distribution
Indo-West Pacific. South China Sea (Ref.74511). South China Sea (Ref.74511).
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Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley 1989 Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
1.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 44036))
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Chen, S. 2002 Fauna Sinica, Osteichthyes. Myctophiformes, Cetomimiformes, Osteoglossiformes. 349p. Fauna Sinica series. Beijing: Science Press. (Ref. 44036)
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Type Information
Type for Bolinichthys pyrsobolus
Catalog Number: USNM 92312
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1909
Locality: Northern Mindanao and vicinity: Camp Overton Lt., Iligan Bay (Mindanao), S.1 degree E., 8.6 miles., Mindanao, Lanao Del Norte, Philippines, Philippine Archipelago, Iligan Bay, Pacific
Depth (m): 777 to 777
Vessel: Albatross
Catalog Number: USNM 92312
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1909
Locality: Northern Mindanao and vicinity: Camp Overton Lt., Iligan Bay (Mindanao), S.1 degree E., 8.6 miles., Mindanao, Lanao Del Norte, Philippines, Philippine Archipelago, Iligan Bay, Pacific
Depth (m): 777 to 777
Vessel: Albatross
- Type: Fowler, H. W. 1934. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 85: 284, fig. 44.
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Paratype for Bolinichthys pyrsobolus
Catalog Number: USNM 122359
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1909
Locality: P.I., Mindanao, Camp Overton, Iligan Bay, Mindanao, Philippines, Pacific
Vessel: Albatross
Catalog Number: USNM 122359
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1909
Locality: P.I., Mindanao, Camp Overton, Iligan Bay, Mindanao, Philippines, Pacific
Vessel: Albatross
- Paratype: Fowler, H. W. 1934. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 85: 284, fig. 44.
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
pelagic-oceanic; marine; depth range ? - 778 m (Ref. 280)
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Herre, A.W.C.T. 1953 Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv., (20):977 p. (Ref. 280)
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Depth range based on 1 specimen in 1 taxon.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 777 - 777
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Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 777 - 777
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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