Midshipman Fish

Porichthys

Porichthys (Midshipman Fish) is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family toadfishes.

EOL has data for 12 attributes, including:

bioluminescent
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Bioluminescent
- Definition: Has this organism been observed to produce and transmit light?
- Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioluminescence
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yes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/yes
- Definition: This statement is true; the answer to this question is yes.
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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sea floor
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000482
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water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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534 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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7.443 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of midshipman fish. View this species on GBIF