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Trachipteridae
Taper-tail ribbonfish
Zu elongatus
Fish Reaching One Hundred Twenty Centimeters in African Waters
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Large
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
LargeTaper-tail ribbonfish is a marine fish of Southeast Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. The largest recorded length is 120 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Trachipteridae
- Genus
- Zu
- Maximum length
- 120 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Southeast Atlantic: Namibia (Ref. 27121 ) and off the western Cape coast, South Africa. Southwest Pacific: New Zealand; Andaman and Nicobar waters.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
