Real photoREAL PHOTO
Halosauridae
Baldhead halosaur
Aldrovandia phalacra
Mature males grow black tubular nostrils
Baldhead halosaur is a marine fish from Probably circumglobal. It inhabits deep water. The largest recorded length is 50 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Halosauridae
- Genus
- Aldrovandia
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Probably circumglobal. Western Atlantic: New England, USA to Bahamas and off southern Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: northern Portugal to Guinea and off South Africa. Eastern Pacific: Hawaii and Chile (Ref. 9068 ). Western Indian Ocean: southern India. Eastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia (Ref. 49596 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

