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Eyebrow bigscale (Melamphaes longivelis)
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Ecological Illustration of Eyebrow bigscale (Melamphaes longivelis)
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Melamphaidae

Eyebrow bigscale

Melamphaes longivelis

Sharp horn on head margin

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Fusiform
  • Small

Eyebrow bigscale is a marine fish of Atlantic and Pacific. The species occupies deep water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 10.6 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Sawbellies and Allies
Family
Melamphaidae
Genus
Melamphaes
Water type
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
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