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Trachipteridae
ribbonfish
Trachipterus trachypterus
Trachipterid Fish of the South African Coast
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- South America
- Anguilliform
- Large
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
Largeribbonfish is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the largest recorded length is 300 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Trachipteridae
- Genus
- Trachipterus
- Maximum length
- 300 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: western Mediterranean and from Morocco to Namibia; also off Table Bay, South Africa (Ref. 2713 ). Western Pacific: Japan and New Zealand. Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 27363 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
