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Prickly fanfish (Pterycombus petersii)
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Bramidae

Prickly fanfish

Pterycombus petersii

Fish Reaching Thirty Six Point Four Centimeters in Central Pacific

  • Temperate
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Temperate fish

Prickly fanfish is a marine fish of Southeast Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 36.4 cm.

Family
Bramidae
Maximum length
36.4 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Southeast Atlantic. Indo-West Pacific: southwestern Africa to Japan and the central Pacific.

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