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Neoscopelidae
Pacific blackchin
Scopelengys tristis
Twenty Centimeters Neoscopelid Fish from the Western Indian Ocean
- Black
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Medium
Black
Regional distribution
Fusiform
MediumPacific blackchin is a marine fish of Western Indian Ocean. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 20 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Neoscopelidae
- Genus
- Scopelengys
- Maximum length
- 20 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Indian Ocean: 6°N to 34°S. Probably Somalia (Ref. 30573 ). Western Pacific. Eastern Pacific: southern California, USA to Chile. Western Atlantic: off Venezuela (Ref. 6690 ) and Guianas (Ref. 13608 ). Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Angola; one record from South Africa (Ref. 6604 ). South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref.74511).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
