Real photoREAL PHOTO
Tetragonuridae
smalleye squaretail
Tetragonurus cuvieri
Oceanic schools hunt jellyfish and comb jellies
smalleye squaretail is a marine fish from Eastern Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 70 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Tetragonuridae
- Genus
- Tetragonurus
- Maximum length
- 70 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Pacific: Aleutian Islands, Alaska to Baja California, Mexico; Chile (Ref. 9068 ). Western Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559 ), New Zealand and Australia (Ref. 6885 ). Western Indian Ocean: Natal, South Africa (Ref. 4415 ). Atlantic Ocean, including the Mediterranean (Ref. 4415 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

