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| image = Bathypterois_longipes.jpg |
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| image_caption = Abyssal spiderfish from ''Oceanic Ichthyology'' by G. Brown Goode & Tarleton H. Bean (1896) |
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
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| classis = [[Actinopterygii]] |
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]] |
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| ordo = [[Aulopiformes]] |
| ordo = [[Aulopiformes]] |
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| familia =[[Ipnopidae]] |
| familia =[[Ipnopidae]] |
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| genus = [[Bathypterois]] |
| genus = ''[[Bathypterois]]'' |
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| species = '''''B. longipes''''' |
| species = '''''B. longipes''''' |
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| binomial = ''Bathypterois longipes'' |
| binomial = ''Bathypterois longipes'' |
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| binomial_authority = [[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1878 |
| binomial_authority = [[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1878 |
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The '''abyssal spiderfish''', |
The '''abyssal spiderfish''', '''''Bathypterois longipes''''', is a species of [[deepsea tripod fish]], a [[demersal]] fish living on the bottom of the [[Atlantic Ocean]], even on the [[abyssal plain]]. It is one of the deepest-dwelling fish known. |
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This solitary fish grows about ten inches long, and has a "tripod" formation of fins both used to rest on the bottom, and to travel on the water column. It lives in extremely cold water, |
This solitary fish grows about ten inches long, and has a "tripod" formation of fins both used to rest on the bottom, and to travel on the water column. It lives in extremely cold water, at temperatures of {{convert|32|-|48|F|C}}. |
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* [http://www.fishbase.se/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=9139 Fishbase entry] |
* [http://www.fishbase.se/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=9139 Fishbase entry] |
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The abyssal spiderfish, Bathypterois longipes, is a species of deepsea tripod fish, a demersal fish living on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, even on the abyssal plain. It is one of the deepest-dwelling fish known.
This solitary fish grows about ten inches long, and has a "tripod" formation of fins both used to rest on the bottom, and to travel on the water column. It lives in extremely cold water, at temperatures of 32–48 °F (0–9 °C).
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