Deep water ateleopid fish

Ijimaia plicatellus

Ateleopodid Fish beneath the Hawaiian Islands

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Large

Ijimaia plicatellus is a species of jellynose fish in the family Ateleopodidae. Their distribution is in the Eastern Central Pacific near Hawaii, at depths from 265 to 500 meters. The species can reach up to 68 centimeters in length.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Jellynose Fishes
Family: Ateleopodidae
Genus: Ijimaia
Water type: Marine