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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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Oneirodidae |
| Genus: | Puck (fish) Pietsch, 1978 |
| Species: | P. pinnata |
| Binomial name | |
| Puck pinnata Pietsch, 1978 | |
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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