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Stomiidae
Richardson's snaggletooth
Astronesthes richardsoni
Seventeen Point Two Centimeters Trout from Mexican Waters
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- Elongated
- Medium
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
MediumRichardson's snaggletooth is known from Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Astronesthes
- Maximum length
- 17.2 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania south to Angola; reported from central Namibia (Ref. 27121 ). Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas area; and across the Atlantic (20°N-10°S). One specimen known from the southwest Atlantic (25°27'S, 35°56'W).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
