Puck pinnata
Puck pinnata, the mischievous dreamer,[1] is a species of anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae known only from the northwest Pacific Ocean. As with all other species in the family, it is a pelagic, deep-water fish that is a member of the abyssal ecosystem. It is the only known species in the genus Puck.
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| Genus: | Puck Pietsch, 1978 |
| Species: | P. pinnata |
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References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Puck pinnata" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
- Pietsch, Theodore W. Oceanic anglerfishes: extraordinary diversity in the deep sea. Univ of California Press, 2009., page 124
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