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Melamphaidae

High-snout Bigscale

Melamphaes manifestus

  • Near the Equator
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Fusiform
  • Small
Maximum length
8.7 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Eastern Central Atlantic: equatorial area. The species is known by a single sample (equatorial Atlantic Ocean, African coast).
Conservation status
DDData Deficient
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