Papuan frostfish

Benthodesmus papua

Hunting prey eight hundred meters beneath the Coral Sea

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Anguilliform
Compressed cross-section
Medium

Papuan frostfish is a marine fish of reef habitat. Its source record singles out this identifying detail: Hunting prey eight hundred meters beneath the Coral Sea.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Mackerels, Tunas, and Allies
Family: Trichiuridae
Genus: Benthodesmus
Maximum length: 24 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Central Pacific: Coral Sea, southeast of Gulf of Papua.

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