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Platytroctidae (Tubeshoulders)
Etymology: aequipinnis: From the Latin awqualis, uniform, and pinna, fin, in reference to the opposed dorsal and anal fins.
Eponymy: Tetsuo Matsui worked at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Matsui & Rosenblatt.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic. Deep-water
Western Central Pacific: Sulu Sea, Philippines.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10887)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Matsui, T. and R.H. Rosenblatt, 1987. Review of the deep-sea fish family Platytroctidae (Pisces: Salmoniformes). Bull. Scripps Inst. Oceanogr. 26(1-7):1-159. (Ref. 10887)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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