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Stomiidae
Broomfin dragonfish
Thysanactis dentex
Stomiid Fish Reaching Eighteen Centimeters
- Cross-climate
- Temperate
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- South America
- Elongated
- Medium
Cross-climate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
MediumBroomfin dragonfish is a marine fish found around Pacific and Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 18 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Thysanactis
- Maximum length
- 18 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Pacific and Atlantic: in tropical to temperate waters. Eastern Atlantic: common in mid-ocean between 10°N and 5°S, single record at 19°S 5°W and at 30°S 5°E. Western Atlantic: Lesser Antilles to Brazil.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
