Trachipteridae

polka-dot ribbonfish

Desmodema polystictum

Trachipterid Fish from Five Hundred Meters

• Globally widespread
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Central America and the Caribbean
• East Asia
• North America
• Oceania
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Elongated
• Large

polka-dot ribbonfish is a marine fish of Western Pacific. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 110 cm.