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Longsnout slickhead (Alepocephalus longirostris)
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Ecological Illustration of Longsnout slickhead (Alepocephalus longirostris)
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Alepocephalidae

Longsnout slickhead

Alepocephalus longirostris

A slender body stretches from Japan to Australia

  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Elongated
  • Medium

Longsnout slickhead is known from Western Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

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