Ateleopus purpureus Tanaka, 1915
Ateleopus purpureus
photo by Reyes, R.B.

 Family:  Ateleopodidae (Jellynose fishes)
 Max. size:  70 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  bathydemersal; depth range 100 - 600 m
 Distribution:  Northwest Pacific: Japan and the East and South China seas.
 Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 0-0
 Biology:  Found on sand-mud bottoms (Ref. 41299).
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Capuli, Estelita Emily - 23.09.99
 Modified by: Garilao, Cristina V. - 19.02.07

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