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Gempylidae
scabbardfish
Nesiarchus nasutus
Endemic Gempylid Fish of New Zealand Waters
- Cross-climate
- Subtropical
- Temperate
- Tropical
- Globally widespread
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Europe
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
Cross-climate
Marine fish
East Asia
Elongated
Largescabbardfish is known from Probably distributed worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas except as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Gempylidae
- Genus
- Nesiarchus
- Maximum length
- 130 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Probably distributed worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas except in eastern Pacific and northern Indian oceans. Large-sized individuals stray in cold-temperate waters off Iceland, Norway, northern Japan and southern New Zealand (Ref. 6181 ). Reported from 19°41'S, 79°11'W (Ref. 11892 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
