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Slender fangjaw (Sigmops gracilis)
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Slender fangjaw (Sigmops gracilis) specimen
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Gonostomatidae

Slender fangjaw

Sigmops gracilis

Gonostomatid Fish Reaching Thirteen Point Three Centimeters

  • Subtropical
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Anguilliform
  • Small

Slender fangjaw is known around Pacific Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 13.3 cm.

Genus
Sigmops
Maximum length
13.3 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Pacific Ocean: widely distributed in subarctic to subtropical waters, mainly west of 143°W and north of 15°N. Most abundant in the northwest Pacific between the southern Kuril Islands and Taiwan. South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref.74511).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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