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Smallscale slimehead (Hoplostethus melanopus)
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Trachichthyidae

Smallscale slimehead

Hoplostethus melanopus

Twenty Five Centimeters Trachichthyid Fish

  • Black
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium

Smallscale slimehead is a marine fish from Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 25 cm.

Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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