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Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789)

Silvery lightfish
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Faeroe Islands country information

Common names: Laksesild, Lakssild
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Joensen, J.S. and Å. Vedel Tåning, 1970
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Two specimens ca. 6.5 and 8 cm long were found near the coast and they were both sent to the Zool. Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Müller (Ref. 10957).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fo.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Badcock, J., 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Мауролик, Mueller's bristle-mouth fish, Daisy pearlside, ... more

Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Maurolicinae
Etymology: Maurolicus: Greek,mauros, -os, -on = dark + Greek,lykos = wolf (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Gmelin.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range นิเวศวิทยา

เกี่ยวกับทะเล,น้ำเค็ม สัตว์ผิวน้ำในเขตน้ำลึก; ระดับความลึก 271 - 1524 m (Ref. 5204), usually 300 - 400 m (Ref. 82363).   Deep-water; 72°N - 55°S, 180°W - 180°E

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