Scaleless Black Dragonfish

Bathophilus digitatus

A scaleless body crossing warm oceans worldwide

Black
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
Elongated
Medium

Scaleless Black Dragonfish is a marine fish that inhabits ocean habitats. Records describe one especially distinctive detail: A scaleless body crossing warm oceans worldwide.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonfishes and Allies
Family: Stomiidae
Genus: Bathophilus
Maximum length: 17 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: off Gibraltar, from Madeira to Sierra Leone; off South Africa (Ref. 4740 ). Western Central Atlantic: Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba to the Lesser Antilles. Also, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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