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Stomiidae
Scaleless dragonfish
Chirostomias pliopterus
Short black barbel ends in pale yellow
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- Europe
- North America
- Elongated
- Medium
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
MediumScaleless dragonfish is a marine fish of Eastern Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 20.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Chirostomias
- Maximum length
- 20.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Spain south to Mauritania. Western Atlantic: USA to Cuba. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
