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Synchronously hermaphroditic (Ref. 6688)
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Bathypterois dubius

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Bathypterois dubius, the Mediterranean spiderfish, a lizardfish of the family Ipnopidae, is found in the Eastern Atlantic, as well as the Mediterranean and northwest Atlantic.

Like other species in its family, the Mediterranean spiderfish is hermaphroditic. It is solitary in nature and feeds on mysids and copepods. It reaches a length of 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in) SL.

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Bathypterois dubius: Brief Summary

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Bathypterois dubius, the Mediterranean spiderfish, a lizardfish of the family Ipnopidae, is found in the Eastern Atlantic, as well as the Mediterranean and northwest Atlantic.

Like other species in its family, the Mediterranean spiderfish is hermaphroditic. It is solitary in nature and feeds on mysids and copepods. It reaches a length of 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in) SL.

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Diet

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Feeds on mysids and benthopelagic copepods

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Distribution

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Eastern Atlantic: northeastern Atlantic to off Sierra Leone; one record from the Mediterranean; one record from the Northwestern Atlantic (Grand Banks)

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Habitat

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Found on continental slope and rise between temperatures of 12°C to 4°C. Usually solitary; probably forms occasional aggregates.

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Habitat

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benthic

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