Deepsea jewfish

Glaucosoma buergeri

Glaucosomatid Fish of Japanese Waters

Deepsea jewfish is a marine fish from Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 55 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Oceanic Basses
Family: Glaucosomatidae
Genus: Glaucosoma
Maximum length: 55 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Pacific: Western Australia from Koks Island, Shark Bay northwards to Cape Talbot; Japan from Kochi Prefecture, Ryukyu Islands southwards and along the north China coast to Taiwan and Viet Nam.

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