page_title: Mueller's pearlside
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Mueller's pearlside / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Maurolicus muelleri, 1870, by Frank Edward Clarke. Purchased 1921. Te Papa (1992-0035-2278/74)
context_page_description: Mueller's pearlside or Mueller's bristle-mouth fish, Maurolicus muelleri, a marine hatchetfish of the genus Maurolicus, is found in deep tropical, subtropical and temperate waters of the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, from the surface to depths of 1,500 metres. Its can grow up to 8 centimetres at maximum.
context_section_description: Maurolicus muelleri is silver. They have 9 to 11 dorsal soft rays and 19 to 24 anal soft rays. They can grow up to 8 centimetres (3.1 in) at maximum length, but usually grows up to 4 centimetres (1.6 in).
caption: Maurolicus muelleri by Frank Edward Clarke
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