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Stomiidae
Fangtooth dragonfish
Melanostomias niger
Twenty Six Centimeters Stomiid Fish
- Black
- Subtropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Medium
Black
Subtropical
Africa
Elongated
MediumFangtooth dragonfish is a marine fish of Eastern Indian Ocean. The species occupies deep water. The largest recorded length is 26 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Melanostomias
- Maximum length
- 26 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Indian Ocean: Australia (Ref. 7300 ). Southwest Pacific: New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ). Southeast Atlantic: Namibia to South Africa. Associated with the southern Subtropical Convergence. South Atlantic between 20° and 50°S and Pacific (Ref. 47377 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
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