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Microstomatidae
Tube-eye Pencilsmelt
Xenophthalmichthys danae
Microstomatid Fish from Western Atlantic
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Globally widespread
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Elongated
SmallTube-eye Pencilsmelt is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 10 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Marine Smelts
- Family
- Microstomatidae
- Genus
- Xenophthalmichthys
- Maximum length
- 10 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: taken at two off-shore localities. Western Atlantic: 14°N 61°40'W. Western Pacific: Java Trench area - 10°18'S 110°23'E. Probably circumtropical.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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