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Zoarcidae
Atlantic soft pout
Melanostigma atlanticum
Fifteen Centimeters Zoarcid Fish of the Atlantic Ocean
- Black
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Europe
- North America
- Medium
Black
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
MediumAtlantic soft pout is a marine fish from Northwest Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 15 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Zoarcidae
- Genus
- Melanostigma
- Maximum length
- 15 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Northwest Atlantic: New Brunswick in Canada to Virginia in USA. Eastern Atlantic: Off the western coast of Scotland and in the Mediterranean (Gulf of Genoa; also off Spain) (Ref. 4695 ), Faeroe-Iceland Ridge and between Cap Blanc, Mauritania and the Canary Islands (Ref. 6950 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
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