Abyssal spiderfish
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| A plate of the abyssal spiderfish from a 19th century biology text | |
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| Species: | B. longipes
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| Bathypterois longipes Günther, 1878
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The abyssal spiderfish, or 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, between 32º and 48°F.
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