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Stomiidae
Cape snaggletooth
Neonesthes capensis
Seventeen Centimeters Stomiid Fish of the Caribbean Sea
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
MediumCape snaggletooth is a marine fish found around Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 17 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Neonesthes
- Maximum length
- 17 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: southern Portugal to Mauritania, and from Namibia to South Africa. Western Atlantic: USA to Gulf of Mexico including western Caribbean, and from Brazil to Argentina. Indian Ocean: mostly 25°S, also taken in Arabian Sea. Pacific: mostly south of 25°S, also near Hawaii, off western USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
