Polyipnus spinifer Borodulina, 1979
Polyipnus spinifer
photo by National Museum of Marine Science and Technology, Taiwan

 Family:  Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes), subfamily: Sternoptychinae
 Max. size:  6 cm SL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  benthopelagic; depth range 154 - 380 m
 Distribution:  Western Pacific: Suruga Bay (Japan), the East China Sea and off the Philippines in the South China and Sulu seas.
 Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-14; Anal soft rays: 15-18; Vertebrae: 33-35
 Biology:  Specimens have been collected above 150 m in Suruga Bay, Japan (Ref. 26382).
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:  Known from off the Philippines in the South China and Sulu Seas (Ref. 559). Collected during the Hearst Expedition 2011 done off Batangas and Mindoro, off SW Luzon (Ref. 95664). Also Ref. 26382.

 Entered by: Garilao, Cristina V. - 07.05.96
 Modified by: Garilao, Cristina V. - 11.06.14

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