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Beryx decadactylus (Alfonsino; Berix; Beryx; Broad alfonsin; Broad alfonsino; Cuvier's berycid fish; Imperador; Longfinned beryx; Red bream)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The alfonsino or alfonsin (Beryx decadactylus) is a deepwater fish of the family Berycidae that inhabits temperate and tropical ocean waters nearly worldwide, with the exception of the eastern Pacific. More generally, the name is also used to denote any member of the family Berycidae.
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Prey / Diet

Predators

Beryx splendens (Alfonsin)[1]
Latimeria chalumnae (Coelacanth)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Adinosoma hawaiiense[3]
Proctophantastes glandulosa[3]
Proctophantastes polymixia <Unverified Name>[3]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Feeding habits of Beryx splendens and Beryx decadactylus (Berycidae) off the Canary Islands, J. Dürr, J.A. González, Fisheries Research 54 (2002) 363-374
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0