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Image Bank - Fishes

Crested Bigscale

Reference

IB1252

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Bigscales - MELAMPHAIDAE

Common Name

Crested Bigscale

Scientific Name

Poromitra crassiceps

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Bigscales are small deepsea fishes that are pelagic in bottom waters from depths of 800 to 5000 m. Their body are fragile, with lightly calcified bones, indicating a slow-moving, low-energy mode of life.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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