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Scopelarchidae
Nichols' Pearleye
Scopelarchoides nicholsi
Scopelarchid Fish of Mexican Waters
- Near the Equator
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Small
Near the Equator
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
SmallNichols' Pearleye is known from Western Central Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Scopelarchidae
- Genus
- Scopelarchoides
- Maximum length
- 10.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Central Atlantic: Cuba (Ref. 26340 ). Eastern Pacific: Baja California, Mexico (about 27°N) to equatorial waters off Panama and Colombia (5°-9°N), and off Peru (about 6°-12°S) (Ref. 35929 ); also Chile (Ref. 9068 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
