Nosidefin Dragonfish

Eustomias lipochirus

Fish Reaching Twenty Three Point Eight Centimeters in African Waters

Nosidefin Dragonfish is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and records give a maximum length of 23.8 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonfishes and Allies
Family: Stomiidae
Genus: Eustomias
Maximum length: 23.8 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Gabon, and off South Africa. Western Atlantic: 35°N to 21°S, but not taken between 25°N-0° within 60°W to 40°W, or between 0°-13°S. Questionably from the Indian Ocean (Ref. 45801 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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