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Halosauridae
gracile halosaur
Aldrovandia gracilis
A slope halosaur eating clams and worms
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- Anguilliform
- Large
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
LargeAldrovandia gracilis, also known as the gracile halosaur, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Halosauridae. It is found in the north west Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico on the continental shelf and slope. It feeds on benthic invertebrates including bivalve molluscs, amphipods, mysids, polychaete worms and brittle stars.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Halosauridae
- Genus
- Aldrovandia
- Maximum length
- 55 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Western Sahara to Sierra Leone. Western Atlantic: Virginia, USA to the Lesser Antilles, mainly the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. The only record off Nova Scotia is doubtful.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
