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Shoulderspine bigscale (Melamphaes suborbitalis)
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Ecological Illustration of Shoulderspine bigscale (Melamphaes suborbitalis)
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Melamphaidae

Shoulderspine bigscale

Melamphaes suborbitalis

Brown mouth within angular head

  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Europe
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Small

Shoulderspine bigscale is a marine fish of North Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 10.6 cm.

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