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rostrate halosaur (Aldrovandia rostrata)
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Ecological Illustration of rostrate halosaur (Aldrovandia rostrata)
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Halosauridae

rostrate halosaur

Aldrovandia rostrata

A deep ridge halosaur with black mouth lining

  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • Anguilliform
  • Large

rostrate halosaur is a marine fish of Eastern Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 50.8 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Halosaurs and Deep-sea Spiny Eels
Family
Halosauridae
Genus
Aldrovandia
Water type
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
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