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• Kingdom: Animalia () - animals
  • Phylum: Chordata () - Chordates
    • Order: Stomiiformes ()
      • Family: anic and mesopelagic species, adults and juveni ()
        • Genus: Pollichthys () - Grey, 1959
          • Specific name: mauli
            • Scientific name: - the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
            • Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Name Status: Accepted Name .
              
              First described: Poll, M. Exploration hydrobiologique du lac Tanganika (1946-1947). Résultats scientifiques. Volume III, fascicule 5A. Poissons non Cichlidae. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles. 251 pp., 1953.
              
              Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 06-Jul-1994

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              Members of the genus Pollichthys

              ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:

              P. mauli (Stareye Lightfish)

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              • Biological sound scattering studies. Washington, 1970- url p. 13, p. 25.
              • Breviora. 1991 Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, [1952- url p. 16.
              • Discovery reports. London; Cambridge University Press. url p. 9.
              • Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 102, p. 284, p. 288, p. 292, p. 296.
              • Fishes of the families Evermannellidae and Scopelarchidae: systmatics, morphology, interrelationships, and zoogeography / Robert Karl Johnson. 12 1982 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, [1982] url p. 193.
              • NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url , , p. 17, p. 6.
              • Ontogeny and systematics of fishes: based on an international symposium dedicated to the memory of Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom / sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Dept. of Commerce. [New York?]: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, c1984. url p. 191, p. 726.
              • Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 24.

              Notes

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              Contributors

              • American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
              • Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
              • Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
              • Collette, Bruce B. (from FishBase).
              • FishBase 2006.
              • FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
              • Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
              • Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

              Data Sources

              Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
              
              

              • Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
              • FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
              • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
              • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
              • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Fish larvae biodiversity along the central coast in the Brazilian EEZ (OBIS South America, BRAZIL) (OBIS South America, BRAZIL)
              • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: REVIZEE South Score / Pelagic and Demersal Fish Database (OBIS South America, BRAZIL)
              • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: REVIZEE South Score / Pelagic and Demersal Fish Database II (OBIS South America, BRAZIL)
              • Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
              • Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
              • Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
              • OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
              • Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens

              Identifiers

              • Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 135759
              • Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-27737
              • Fishbase Species ID: 10259
              • Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14177647
              • Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 162189
              • Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFC7A02010
              • Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 121246

              Footnotes

              1. Badcock, J. (1984). Photichthyidae. p. 318-324. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. volume 1. UNESCO, Paris. [back]
              2. Mean = -3,174.250 meters (-10,414.206 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,973.420 based on 719 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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