Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish

Vinciguerria poweriae

Vinciguerriid Fish beneath Australian Waters

Subtropical
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
Fusiform
Small

Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish is a migratory fish found around Circumglobal, subtropical waters. Records give a maximum length of 4.3 cm. Its body is fusiform body.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonfishes and Allies
Family: Vinciguerriidae
Genus: Vinciguerria
Maximum length: 4.3 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Circumglobal (Ref. 3988 ), subtropical waters (Ref.47377). Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Cape Verde, including the eastern Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 27768 ). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Western Pacific: Australia (including Western Australia and Tasmania) (Ref. 7300 ) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ). Eastern Pacific: Seaward edge of the California Current region (Ref. 35839 ); also found in Chile (Ref. 9068 ). South China Sea (Ref.74511).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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