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Loosescale smooth-head (Einara macrolepis)
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Ecological Illustration of Loosescale smooth-head (Einara macrolepis)
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Alepocephalidae

Loosescale smooth-head

Einara macrolepis

Alepocephalid Fish of Central Pacific

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  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Medium

Loosescale smooth-head is a marine fish from Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 22 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Slickheads and Tubeshoulders
Family
Alepocephalidae
Genus
Einara
Water type
Marine
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