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Stomiidae
Tentacle dragonfish
Melanostomias tentaculatus
Stomiid Fish beneath Mexican Waters
- Black
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- North America
- South America
- Elongated
- Medium
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Regional distribution
Elongated
MediumTentacle dragonfish is a marine fish found around Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits deep water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 24 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Melanostomias
- Maximum length
- 24 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Madeira to Angola, but not known between Mauritania and Guinea. Western Atlantic: USA to Brazil including the Gulf of Mexico. Also known from the Indian and Pacific oceans.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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