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Abyssal Spiderfish
Bathypterois longipes
The abyssal spiderfish, Bathypterois longipes, is a species of deepsea tripod fish, a demersal fish living on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, even on the abyssal plain. It is one of the deepest-dwelling fish known.
From the article Abyssal spiderfish on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
Atlantic Ocean: Off northwestern (south of Cape Verde; off Cape Blanc) and southwestern Africa, both sides of North Atlantic, off Uruguay in the South Atlantic. A bathydemersal species, it lives in extremely cold water, at temperatures of 0 – −9 °C (32–16 °F). Depth ranges for the abyssal spider fish are 2,615–5,610 metres (8,579–18,406 ft).
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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 459349.