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Polymixia nobilis (Atlantic beardfish; Barbudo; Beardfish; Salmonete; Stout beardfish; Stout Beardflsh)

Synonyms: Dinemus venustus; Nemobrama webbii; Nemobrama webii; Polymixia nobilis virginica
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Wikipedia Abstract

Polymixia nobilis (stout beardfish) is a species of beardfish. This species can grow up to 30 centimetres (12 in) TL. The species live on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean on gravel and sandy bottoms. Scientists do not know how they behave or reproduce. The species's dorsal fin has five spines and 34-27 soft rays. The habitat of the fish is in the benthic zone.
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Prey / Diet

Predators

Latimeria chalumnae (Coelacanth)[2]

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♦ 1Reproduction, growth and feeding habits of stout beardfish Polymixia nobilis (Polymixiidae) off the Canary Islands (NE Atlantic), A. M. García-Mederos, V. M. Tuset, J. I. Santana and J. A. González, J. Appl. Ichthyol. 26 (2010), 872–880
♦ 2Jorrit 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.
♦ 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