Graceful dragonfish

Photonectes gracilis

Stomiid Fish from Eight Hundred Fifty Meters

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
South America
Elongated
Medium

Graceful dragonfish is a marine fish of Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Central Pacific. The species occupies deep water. The largest recorded length is 20.8 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonfishes and Allies
Family: Stomiidae
Genus: Photonectes
Maximum length: 20.8 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Central Pacific: off Dampier, Western Australia and off Cape York, Queensland. Western Central Atlantic: off Martinique (Ref. 12965 ) and Suriname (Ref. 13608 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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