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slender escolar (Paradiplospinus gracilis)
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Gempylidae

slender escolar

Paradiplospinus gracilis

Large mouth with fang like teeth

  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Anguilliform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Large

slender escolar is known around Southeast Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 52 cm.

Maximum length
52 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Southeast Atlantic: known only from off Namibia and western South Africa.

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