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Photonectes paxtoni
Photonectes paxtoni is a species of fish in the genus Photonectes. The species has been documented in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Papua New Guinea, and adults can reach a maximum length of 2.3 centimeters.
From the article Photonectes paxtoni on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The fish is named in honor of American-born Australian ichthyologist John R. Paxton of the Australian Museum in Sydney.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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 621338.