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Arrow dragonfish (Tactostoma macropus)
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Arrow dragonfish (Tactostoma macropus) specimen
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Stomiidae

Arrow dragonfish

Tactostoma macropus

Fish Reaching Thirty Four Point Three Centimeters in Eastern Pacific

  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • North America
  • South America
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium

Arrow dragonfish is known around Northwest Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 34.3 cm.

Family
Stomiidae
Maximum length
34.3 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559 ); Kamchatka and Kuril Islands (Ref. 41668 ). Eastern Pacific: Bering Sea (Ref. 265 ) and the Gulf of Alaska to southern California, USA (Ref. 2850 ), southwards to central Baja California (Ref. 35904 ). Reported from Chile.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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