Bigtail Snailfish

Osteodiscus cascadiae Stein 1978

Osteodiscus cascadiae (Bigtail Snailfish) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family snailfishes. Individuals can grow to 8.5 cm.

EOL has data for 15 attributes, including:

body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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8.5 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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FAO fishing area 67
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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abyssal plain
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000244
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standard length
- URI: http://purl.org/obo/owlATOL_0001659
- Definition: length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the posterior end of the last vertebra or to the posterior end of the midlateral portion of the hypural plate. Simply put, this measurement excludes the length of the caudal fin
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8.5 cm
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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2992 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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1.844 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Bigtail snailfish. View this species on GBIF