blackhead salmon

Narcetes stomias

Salmon beneath the Indian Ocean

Black
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
West Asia
Elongated
Large

blackhead salmon is known around North and South Atlantic, continental slope of southern Africa as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 57.5 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Slickheads and Tubeshoulders
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Narcetes
Maximum length: 57.5 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: North and South Atlantic, continental slope of southern Africa, Indian Ocean including Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Mascarene Plateau, Ninety East Ridge, Broken Ridge, Exmouth Plateau and some other seamounts, eastern and western Pacific Ocean (north and south).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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