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Stomiidae
loosejaw
Photostomias guernei
Sixteen Centimeters Stomiid Fish of Indo Pacific
- Cross-climate
- Temperate
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Southern Hemisphere
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- Elongated
- Medium
Cross-climate
Marine fish
Africa
Elongated
Mediumloosejaw is a marine fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 16 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Photostomias
- Maximum length
- 16 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: USA to the Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 4429 ); reported from the Antilles (Ref. 26340 ). Eastern Atlantic: southern Portugal to Mauritania. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Indo-Pacific: in tropical and temperate areas (Ref. 559 ). Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
