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Melamphaidae
Melamphaes pumilus
Melamphaes pumilus
Sharp spikes on head margins
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
SmallMelamphaes pumilus is a marine fish recorded from Western Atlantic: between 40° and 10°N. It is associated with deep water. It reaches about 2.3 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Melamphaidae
- Genus
- Melamphaes
- Maximum length
- 2.3 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: between 40° and 10°N. Eastern Atlantic: west of 25° or 30°W and one specimen at 24°34'N, 28°04'W.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
