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Aldrovandia gracilis

Aldrovandia gracilis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Notacanthiformes
Family: Halosauridae
Genus: Aldrovandia
Species: A. gracilis
Binomial name
Aldrovandia gracilis
Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896


Aldrovandia gracilis is a species of fish in the Halosauridae family. It is found in the north west Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico on the continental shelf and slope. It feeds on benthic invertebrates including bivalve molluscs, amphipods, mysids, polychaete worms and brittle stars.



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