Scaleless dragonfish

Bathophilus nigerrimus

Stomiid Fish beneath the Indian Ocean

Scaleless dragonfish is a marine fish from Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 12.2 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonfishes and Allies
Family: Stomiidae
Genus: Bathophilus
Maximum length: 12.2 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: off Gibraltar, Western Sahara south to Gabon including western Mediterranean; and off South Africa. Western Atlantic: between 20°N and 27°N, and from Brazil to Argentina. Indian and Pacific oceans.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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