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Record of Ipnops sp. (Ipnopidae: Aulopiformes) from northern Japan

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Acknowledgments

We would like to express our sincere thanks to Dr. Tetsuya Miwa, JAMSTEC, for offering us the chance of a deep water faunal survey, and Captain Eikou Ukekura and other staff of R/V Yokosuka, JAMSTEC, for their kind support with the diving. We are also grateful to Dr. John Paxton for his critical review of an early draft of this paper.

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  1. Marine Ecology Research Institute, Towa Edogawabashi Bldg 7F, 347 Yamabuki, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-0801, Japan

    Muneo Okiyama

  2. Ecological Research Center, PREC Institute, 3-7-6 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0083, Japan

    Hitoshi Ida

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Okiyama, M., Ida, H. Record of Ipnops sp. (Ipnopidae: Aulopiformes) from northern Japan. Ichthyol Res 57, 422–423 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-010-0171-5

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