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Dorsal-fin rays 13–14; anal-fin rays 15–16 (rarely 17); pectoral-fin rays (rarely 12) 13–14; total gill rakers 20–21 (rarely 22); vertebrae 33–34. Largest specimen less than 55 mm SL; trunk tapering to long caudal peduncle; post-temporal spine long, thin, its length greater than one-half the diameter of orbit; basal post-temporal spine short; preopercle spine long, curving anteriorly; frontal ridges minutely spinose; abdominal keel scales do not extend below ventral body margin, these scales with multiple spines; subcaudal scales spinose; supraabdominal photophores in step-like arrangement with first photophore raised substantially above second; supra-anal photophores not well separated from anals; jaws large; teeth minute; underside of lower jaw smooth to slightly spinose; gill rakers short to moderate with rough spinose internal surfaces; pigment in preservative dark dorsally and dark above anal photophores, dark pigment bar extends to midline; pigment in myomerelike striations on trunk, with definite pigment spots along posterior midline.
Post-temporal spine complex, bearing one or two basal supplementary spines; dorso-lateral edge of fused, post-temporal-supracleithrum serrate; abdominal keel scales with spiny ventral surfaces; supra-anal photophore group usually not distinctly separated anal group. Post-temporal spine with a single distinct basal spine; anal-subcaudal distance greater than one-half of the length of the subcauclal group ; anal photophore number 6 to 9. Abdominal keel scales rectangular, with many small ventral spines; post-temporal spine long and smooth or short and spinose dorsally only; first supra-anal photophore about even with or raised above third; anal photophores 8 to 9. Ventral margin of subcauclal photophores with spines (adults); anal-subcaudal photophore distance less than three-fourths length of subcaudal group; first supra-anal photophore higher than the last; post-temporal spine long, greater than one-half diameter of orbit.
Known from three localities in the Indian Ocean along the east African coast from the equator to 30°S.
Baird RC. 1971. The Systematics, Distribution, and Zoogeography of the Marine Hatchetfishes (family Sternoptychidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zooology 142(1):1–128.
Baird RC. 1971. The Systematics, Distribution, and Zoogeography of the Marine Hatchetfishes (family Sternoptychidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zooology 142(1):1–128.
To about 55 mm SL.
Zanzibar area [Tanzania, Western Indian Ocean], depth 640-658 meters.
Holotype: BMNH 1939.5.24.403.
Polyipnus indicus és una espècie de peix pertanyent a la família dels esternoptíquids.[4]
És un peix marí i bentopelàgic que viu entre 50 i 500 m de fondària.[5]
Es troba a l'Índic occidental: Tanzània.[5]
És inofensiu per als humans.[5]
Polyipnus indicus és una espècie de peix pertanyent a la família dels esternoptíquids.
Polyipnus indicus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Polyipnus. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean. It has a depth range of 50–500 metres (160–1,640 ft).[1]
Polyipnus indicus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Polyipnus. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean. It has a depth range of 50–500 metres (160–1,640 ft).
Polyipnus indicus Polyipnus generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Sternoptychidae familian sailkatzen da.
Polyipnus indicus Polyipnus generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Sternoptychidae familian sailkatzen da.
Polyipnus indicus is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van diepzeebijlvissen (Sternoptychidae).[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1961 door Schultz.
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印度燭光鱼（学名：Polyipnus indicus）为輻鰭魚綱巨口魚目褶胸鱼科的其中一種。分布於西印度洋區的東非海域，為深海魚類，棲息深度50-500公尺，會進行垂直性洄游，體長可達6公分。
