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Gempylidae
American sackfish
Neoepinnula americana
Gempylid Fish beneath the Brazilian Coast
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Medium
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
MediumAmerican sackfish is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the largest recorded length is 22 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Gempylidae
- Genus
- Neoepinnula
- Maximum length
- 22 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: known only from the Gulf of Mexico, Yucatán Channel, Caribbean Sea off Venezuela, off Suriname, and off southern Brazil (Ref. 47377 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
