Persparsia
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Persparsia kopua, the spangled tubeshoulder, is a species of tubeshoulder found around the world in the southern hemisphere (apart from South America) between latitudes 30° S and 50° S and at depths of 700 to 1,500 metres (2,300 to 4,900 ft). Its length is up to 14 centimetres (5.5 in) TL. Persparsia kopua is a mesopelagic species.
| Persparsia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Platytroctidae |
| Genus: | Persparsia A. E. Parr, 1951 |
| Species: | P. kopua |
| Binomial name | |
| Persparsia kopua (Phillipps, 1942) | |
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