pink wormfish

Microdesmus longipinnis

Microdesmid Fish Reaching Twenty Seven Centimeters

pink wormfish is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Microdesmidae
Genus: Microdesmus
Maximum length: 27 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda, North Carolina (USA), and northern Gulf of Mexico to the Cayman Islands. Eastern Atlantic: only known from two specimens (one extant) from Joal, Senegal (Ref. 10815 , 81289 ). This species’ appearance in brackish waters of West Africa is likely to be very rare, but cannot be discounted (Ref. 81289 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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