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Shiny loosejaw (Aristostomias scintillans)
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Ecological Illustration of Shiny loosejaw (Aristostomias scintillans)
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Stomiidae

Shiny loosejaw

Aristostomias scintillans

Red eyes and green rear orbit

  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • North America
  • Elongated
  • Medium

Shiny loosejaw is known from Eastern Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Dragonfishes and Allies
Family
Stomiidae
Genus
Aristostomias
Water type
Marine
Body shape
elongated
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