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Stomiidae
Largebarbel Snaggletooth
Astronesthes macropogon
Carp beneath Mexican Waters
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- Elongated
- Small
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
SmallLargebarbel Snaggletooth is a marine fish of Eastern Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 14 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Astronesthes
- Maximum length
- 14 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Angola. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and western central Atlantic close to the Bahamas and Antilles from 30°-20°N between 24°-47°W. One specimen collected off the Guianas (Ref. 13608 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
