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Yarrellidae
Atlantic sailor lightfish
Polymetme thaeocoryla
Yarrellid Fish of the Caribbean Sea
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- Medium
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Africa
MediumAtlantic sailor lightfish is a marine fish of Eastern Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 21.6 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Yarrellidae
- Genus
- Polymetme
- Maximum length
- 21.6 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: along the coasts of Europe and Africa, from Ireland to at least 4°S, also found on the Meteor and Josephine seamounts and off the Canary Islands. Western Atlantic: off Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, off the coast of Guiana and Suriname, and on the Rio Grande Rise.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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