Gonostomatidae

Bighead portholefish

Margrethia obtusirostra

Gonostomatid Fish of Indo Pacific

• Cross-climate
• Subtropical
• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Europe
• North America
• South America
• Fusiform
• Small

Margrethia obtusirostra, the Bighead portholefish, is a bristlemouth of the family Gonostomatidae, found in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific and Atlantic oceans, at depths of between 100 and 600 m. Its length is between 5 and 8 cm.