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Diceratias pileatus
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Diceratias pileatus (Diceratias pileatus) specimen
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Diceratiidae

Diceratias pileatus

Diceratias pileatus

Fish Reaching Twenty Three Point Five Centimeters in Western Atlantic

  • Cross-climate
  • Subtropical
  • Tropical
  • Near the Equator
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium

Diceratias pileatus is a marine fish from Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 23.5 cm.

Maximum length
23.5 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: four records along the African coast north of the equator. Western Atlantic: both tropical and subtropical.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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