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Alepocephalidae
Bigeye smoothhead
Bajacalifornia megalops
Great eyes descending three thousand meters into darkness
- Black
- Near the Equator
- Northern Hemisphere
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- Medium
Black
Near the Equator
Regional distribution
MediumBigeye smoothhead is a marine fish of Eastern Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 40 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Alepocephalidae
- Genus
- Bajacalifornia
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: southern Greenland and Iceland to Azores and 22°S. Western Atlantic: 40°N to the equator. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068 ). Indian Ocean.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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