Image: Bristlyskin, Hispidoberyx ambagiosus
A Bristlyskin caught at a depth around 800 m, off Sumatra, Indonesia in May 2005 (AMS I..44961-001).
- Photographer:
- Mark McGrouther
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Bristlyskin
- Scientific name:
- Hispidoberyx ambagiosus
- Family:
- Hispidoberycidae
- Order:
- Stephanoberyciformes
Additional information
The family Hispidoberycidae contains only one species, Hispidoberyx ambagiosus (Kotlyar, 1981). The species lives in the Eastern Indian and Western Pacific Oceans. Very few specimens exist in ichthyology collections worldwide. This fish was kindly donated by the Hokkaido University Museum.
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Tags hispidoberyxid, Hispidoberyx ambagiosus, fishes, ichthyology, deepsea, Bristlyskin, Hispidoberycidae,