''Stephanoberyx monae'' is a
species
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of
pricklefish
Stephanoberycidae, the pricklefishes are a family of fishes in the order Stephanoberyciformes.
They are found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and to the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa.
They ...
found in the western
Atlantic Ocean
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at depths of from . This species grows to a length of . This species is the only known member of its
genus
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.
References
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Stephanoberycidae
Fish described in 1883
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