Real photoREAL PHOTO

Elongate fangjaw (Sigmops elongatus)
Specimen imageSPECIMEN IMAGE
Elongate fangjaw (Sigmops elongatus) specimen
← Back to catalog

Gonostomatidae

Elongate fangjaw

Sigmops elongatus

Gonostomatid Fish beneath Indo Pacific

  • Cross-climate
  • Subtropical
  • Tropical
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Globally widespread
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Medium

Elongate fangjaw is a marine fish found around Worldwide. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 27.5 cm.

Genus
Sigmops
Maximum length
27.5 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Worldwide. Mediterranean (Ref. 85016 ). Eastern Atlantic: scattered records from Iceland (Ref. 4769 ) south to Cape Verde and Gulf of Guinea; also between 30°S-35°S. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 27768 ). North Atlantic: 65°-30°N. Indo-Pacific: in tropical and subtropical waters. Eastern Pacific: found in California and Baja California (Ref. 35800 ), and Chile (Ref. 9068 ). Indian Ocean, tropical and subtropical waters (Ref. 47377 ). South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref.74511).

Generating…