Ateleopodidae

Loppe's tadpole fish

Ijimaia loppei

Two Hundred Centimeters Ateleopodid Fish from the Atlantic Ocean

• Black
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Elongated
• Large

Ijimaia is a genus of jellynose fishes, one of four in the order Ateleopodiformes. The genus occurs in the fossil record since the Middle Miocene.