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Pacific Footballfish

Himantolophus sagamius

Classification

The Pacific footballfish (Himantolophus sagamius) is a species of footballfish (a type of anglerfish) native to the Pacific Ocean. It has a wide range, extending from the coasts of Honshu (Gulf of Sagami) and Hokkaido islands through the Kuril-Kamchatka trough, in the northwest Pacific, to the eastern Pacific from California to Peru. The species is known to live in waters as deep as 3,000 feet (900 m) or 500 fathoms.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 2