Carapidae

messmate

Echiodon cryomargarites

Ridges clustered on rear air bladder

• Cross-climate
• Subtropical
• Temperate
• Circumpolar Antarctic
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Oceania
• Polar regions
• South America
• West Asia
• Anguilliform
• Medium

messmate is a marine fish of Widely distributed in the subtropical and temperate waters. The species occupies deep water. The largest recorded length is 41 cm.