Dolichopteryx anascopa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Argentiniformes |
Family: | Opisthoproctidae |
Genus: | Dolichopteryx |
Species: | D. anascopa |
Binomial name | |
Dolichopteryx anascopa A. B. Brauer, 1901 | |
Dolichopteryx anascopa is a species of fish found in the sub-Antarctic waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and south-eastern Pacific Ocean. [2] [3]
This species reaches a length of 17.3 cm (6.8 in). [4]
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Dolichopteryx andriashevi is a species of fish endemic to in the Philippine Sea.
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