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Stomiidae
Wingfin snaggletooth
Heterophotus ophistoma
Stomiid Fish from the Caribbean Sea
- Subtropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
Subtropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
MediumWingfin snaggletooth is a marine fish of Eastern Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 35.6 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Heterophotus
- Maximum length
- 35.6 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Western Sahara south to Namibia, not recorded close to the coast. Western Atlantic: Bermuda south to Brazil including Caribbean Sea and the southern Subtropical Convergence. Also, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
