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Diretmus
The silver spinyfin (Diretmus argenteus) is a deep-sea spinyfin found across the world’s oceans (except the Mediterranean Sea) at depths reaching about 2,000 m. It belongs to the family Diretmidae and is the only species in the genus Diretmus. Adults usually reach 13–40 cm in length depending on the measurement type.
1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87982.