Mirapinna esau
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| Mirapinna esau | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cetomimiformes |
| Family: | Cetomimidae |
| Genus: | Mirapinna Bertelsen & N. B. Marshall, 1956 |
| Species: | M. esau |
| Binomial name | |
| Mirapinna esau Bertelsen & N. B. Marshall, 1956 | |
Mirapinna esau, the Hairyfish, is a species of flabby whalefish only known from the Atlantic Ocean from near the Azores. This species grows to a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) TL. Formerly considered a member of the no longer recognized family Mirapinnidae, this species is the only known member of its genus.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Mirapinna esau" in FishBase. August 2012 version.
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