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Agassiz' smoothhead (Alepocephalus agassizii)
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Ecological Illustration of Agassiz' smoothhead (Alepocephalus agassizii)
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Alepocephalidae

Agassiz' smoothhead

Alepocephalus agassizii

Deep shoals pursue comb jellies

  • Black
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Large

Agassiz' smoothhead is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and records give a maximum length of 123 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Slickheads and Tubeshoulders
Family
Alepocephalidae
Genus
Alepocephalus
Water type
Marine
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