Animalia > Chordata > Aulopiformes > Ipnopidae > Bathypterois > Bathypterois dubius

Bathypterois dubius (Mediterranean spiderfish; Spider fish; Spiderfish)

Synonyms: Bathypterois mediterraneus; Bathypterois mediterraneus algeriensis; Bathypterois mediterraneus mediterraneus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Mediterranean spiderfish, Bathypterois dubius, a lizardfish of the family Ipnopidae, is found in the Eastern Atlantic, as well as the Mediterranean and northwest Atlantic. Like other species in its family, the Mediterranean spiderfish is hermaphroditic. It is solitary in nature and feeds on mysids and copepods. It reaches a length of 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in) SL.
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Prey / Diet

Paramblyops rostrata[1]
Platysympus typicus[1]

Predators

Alepocephalus rostratus (Risso's smooth-head)[1]
Centroscymnus coelolepis (Portuguese shark)[1]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

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.
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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