''Persparsia kopua'', the spangled tubeshoulder, is a species of
tubeshoulder
The tubeshoulders are a family, Platytroctidae, of ray-finned fish belonging to the order Alepocephaliformes. They are found throughout the world, except for the Mediterranean Sea. Tubeshoulders live at moderate depths of , and some have light-pr ...
found around the world in the southern hemisphere (apart from
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
) between latitudes 30° S and 50° S and at depths of . Its length is up to
TL. ''Persparsia kopua'' is a
mesopelagic
The mesopelagic zone (Greek μέσον, middle), also known as the middle pelagic or twilight zone, is the part of the pelagic zone that lies between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones. It is defined by light, and begins ...
species.
References
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Platytroctidae
Monotypic ray-finned fish genera
Fish described in 1951
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