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

Tube-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.