''Maurolicus australis'', commonly known as the pennant pearlside, is a species of

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...

in the genus

Maurolicus ''Maurolicus'' is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as pearlsides, but the brilliant pearlside is the related '' Argyripnus iridescens''. Occasionally, "bri ...

. It lives in deep-water marine environments off

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and

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. It has 33-34 vertebrae.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1975560 Sternoptychidae Taxa named by James Hector