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Stomiidae
Valdivia black dragon fish
Melanostomias valdiviae
- Black
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- North America
- Elongated
- Medium
Black
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Elongated
Medium- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Melanostomias
- Maximum length
- 24.1 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: between 41°N and 28°N, one record at about 30°N, 18°W, and west of South Africa. Western Atlantic: between 41°N and 28°N, Gulf of Mexico, and south to 8°N; then between 10°S and 18°S. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Also Indian and Pacific oceans.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
