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Atlantic Pearlside

Maurolicus weitzmani

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Maine.January 5, February 4, March 5, April 10, May 26, June 19, July 15, August 13, September 12, October 10, November 5, December 5.
United States297
Maine129
Canada32
Massachusetts31
North Carolina27
Nova Scotia16
Texas12
New Brunswick10
New Hampshire8
Quebec4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderDragonfishes and Allies · Stomiiformes
FamilyMarine Hatchetfishes · Sternoptychidae
GenusMaurolicus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Atlantic Pearlside with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.