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Longhead Dreamer

Reference

IB1159

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Dreamers - ONEIRODIDAE

Common Name

Longhead Dreamer

Scientific Name

Chaenophryne longiceps

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Dreamers are midwater pelagic fishes, and are found in all the oceans of the world, from depth of 300 to 2000 m. The esca is a bulbous, fleshy, bioluminescent lure with simple or many-branched filaments.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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