Carinaria japonica

Taxon-Order: 

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Distribution: 
Cool, temperate waters of the Transition Zone in the North Pacific Ocean.
Size: 
130-150 mm
Diet: 
Salps, doliolids, copepods, euphausiids and chaetognaths.
Useful Facts or Characters: 

The body is mostly transparent with some red or bluish pigmentation along the fin margins.

Natural History: 

It swims upside down in search of prey.