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Atlantic Beardfish
Polymixia nobilis
Polymixia nobilis, the stout beardfish, is a species of beardfish. This species can grow up to 30 centimetres (12 in) TL. P. nobilis lives on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean on gravel and sandy bottoms. Scientists do not know how they behave or reproduce. The species's dorsal fin has five spines and 34-27 soft rays. The habitat of the fish is in the benthic zone.
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Range & habitat
P. nobilis lives on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and range from Bermuda to Guyana. gravel and sandy bottoms, preferring soft bottoms and reefs. These bottom feeders live at a depth of 70-800 meters in-shore. These fish contain separate species in the East Atlantic from the West Atlantic Ocean and Bermuda population.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
These broadfish are carnivores that consume bony fish, octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish.
Wikipedia: “Feeding”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 459437.