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| Mueller's pearlside | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Sternoptychidae |
| Genus: | Maurolicus |
| Species: | M. muelleri
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| Maurolicus muelleri (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
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Maurolicus muelleri, commonly referred to as Mueller's pearlside, Mueller's bristle-mouth fish (not to be confused with the Gonostomatidae), or the silvery lightfish (not to be confused with the Phosichthyidae), is a marine hatchetfish in the genus Maurolicus, found in deep tropical, subtropical and temperate waters of the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, from the surface to depths of 1,500 metres (4,900 ft). It can grow to a maximum total length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in).[2]
- ^ A. Harold; R. Milligan (2019). "Maurolicus muelleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. IUCN: e.T198760A21913754. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T198760A21913754.en.
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