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Agassiz's Thread-sail Fish

Chlorophthalmus agassizi

Classification

Chlorophthalmus is a genus of greeneyes. The species is distinguished by a silvery gray body with black spots and dark crossbar traces, a lower jaw that ends in a peculiar horizontal plate with spine-like processes, and other unique characteristics including body part sizes and proportions. At depths of 200 to 500 metres (660 to 1,640 ft), C.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Spain · 46France · 1Italy · 1