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Etymology: Polymixia: Greek, poly = a lot of + Greek, myxos = mucus (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 50 - 600 m (Ref. 5217), usually 150 - 600 m (Ref. 5217). Deep-water; 41°N - 4°N

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Western Atlantic: Canada to New York, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to the Antilles (Ref. 26340) and French Guiana.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.4 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 39376); common length : 15.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5217)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale): 5; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 26-32; Spine anali 4; Raggi anali molli: 15; Vertebre: 29 - 30. Tip of snout projecting beyond upper jaw (Ref. 13608). Body elongate. Head blunt and rounded. Head and body bluish gray (Ref. 37108). Body with metallic blue shin above, silvery below (Ref. 7251).

Found on soft bottoms (Ref. 5217).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Polymixia lowei Günther, 1859