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Diagnostic Description

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Head relatively large. Scales on cheeks enlarged, elongate and slightly overlapping. Color is dark brown above, slightly paler below.
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Rodolfo B. Reyes
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 17; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 14 - 16; Vertebrae: 33
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Biology

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Probably mesopelagic or mesobenthopelagic (Ref. 6181).
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Tongaichthys robustus

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Tongaichthys robustus, the Tonga escolar, is a species of snake mackerel known from the Tonga Ridge near Fiji and off of Queensland, Australia from Flinders Reef. It is known to occur at depths of from 288 to 312 metres (945 to 1,024 ft). This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Tongaichthys robustus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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Tongaichthys robustus: Brief Summary

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Tongaichthys robustus, the Tonga escolar, is a species of snake mackerel known from the Tonga Ridge near Fiji and off of Queensland, Australia from Flinders Reef. It is known to occur at depths of from 288 to 312 metres (945 to 1,024 ft). This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.

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