Sio (genus)
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Genus: | Sio Moss, 1962
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Species: | S. nordenskjoldii
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Sio nordenskjoldii (Lönnberg, 1905)
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Sio nordenskjoldii, or Nordenskjold's bigscale, is a species of ridgehead found in the southern oceans at depths of from 200 to 3,000 metres (660 to 9,840 ft). This species grows to a length of 12.3 centimetres (4.8 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus. This species is of minor importance to commercial fisheries.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Sio nordenskjoldii" in FishBase. October 2012 version.