Global InformationMirapinna information
| Mirapinna | |
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| Artists depiction of Mirapinna | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cetomimiformes |
| Family: | Cetomimidae |
| Genus: | Mirapinna Bertelsen & N. B. Marshall, 1956 |
| Species: | M. esau
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| Binomial name | |
| Mirapinna esau Bertelsen & N. B. Marshall, 1956
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Mirapinna esau, the hairyfish, is a species of fish in the family Cetomimidae only known from the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores. Formerly considered a member of the no-longer-recognized family Mirapinnidae, this species is the only known member of the genus Mirapinna.