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Platytroctidae
legless searsid
Platytroctes apus
Light organs sit on both shoulders and gill covers
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Europe
- Medium
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Mediumlegless searsid is a marine fish of Eastern Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 18 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Platytroctidae
- Genus
- Platytroctes
- Maximum length
- 18 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: scattered records from Denmark Strait and Bay of Biscay (Ref. 6682 ) to Gabon (Ref. 4461 ). Indian, Pacific and western Atlantic: in tropical waters.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
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