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Melamphaidae
Nordenskjold's bigscale
Sio nordenskjoldii
Melamphaid Fish of the Indian Ocean
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Fusiform
- Small
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
SmallNordenskjold's bigscale is known from Atlantic, Indian and Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Melamphaidae
- Genus
- Sio
- Maximum length
- 12.3 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: south of 20°S. A single specimen was recorded from the Eastern Central Pacific (Ref. 5189 ). Record from the North Pacific (Moss, 1962) is in error (Ref. 51657 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
