Aldrovandia gracilis
| Aldrovandia gracilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Notacanthiformes |
| Family: | Halosauridae |
| Genus: | Aldrovandia |
| Species: | A. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aldrovandia gracilis Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 [1] | |
Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family. It is found in the north west Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico on the continental shelf and slope. It feeds on benthic invertebrates including bivalve molluscs, amphipods, mysids, polychaete worms and brittle stars.[1]
References
- 1 2 Baily, Nicolas (2010). Nicolas Bailly, ed. "Aldrovandia gracilis Goode & Bean, 1896". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
- C. F. Phleger, P. W. Grimes, A. Pesely, and M. H. Horn, Swimbladder Lipids of Five Species of Deep Benthopelagic Atlantic Ocean Fishes, Bulletin of Marine Science, Volume 28, Number 1, January 1978, pp. 198–202(5).
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