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Smallscale Tubeshoulder

Reference

IB0913

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Tubeshoulders - PLATYTROTIDAE

Common Name

Smallscale Tubeshoulder

Scientific Name

Maulisia microlepis

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Tubeshoulders are found worldwide from depths of about 200 m to 2000 m. They are pelagic near the bottom or in midwater and are known to make nightly migrations towards the surface. They grow to a maximum length of about 30 cm.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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