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Acantholiparis caecus
Acantholiparis caecus is one of the two snailfishes within the genus Acantholiparis, along with A. opercularis, the spiny snailfish. Its generic name comes from the Greek for thorny (akantha) and fat (liparis); its specific name comes from the Latin word for blind.
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Range & habitat
Acantholiparis caecus is known from depths stretching from 1,300m to 2,122m, in the bathyal or midnight zone of the ocean. Unlike the spiny snailfish, it is pelagic, living above the ocean floor rather than upon it as the demersal spiny snailfish does.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 212215.