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Baldhead halosaur (Aldrovandia phalacra)
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Baldhead halosaur (Aldrovandia phalacra) specimen
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Halosauridae

Baldhead halosaur

Aldrovandia phalacra

Mature males grow black tubular nostrils

  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
  • South Asia
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium

Baldhead halosaur is a marine fish from Probably circumglobal. It inhabits deep water. The largest recorded length is 50 cm.

Maximum length
50 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Probably circumglobal. Western Atlantic: New England, USA to Bahamas and off southern Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: northern Portugal to Guinea and off South Africa. Eastern Pacific: Hawaii and Chile (Ref. 9068 ). Western Indian Ocean: southern India. Eastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia (Ref. 49596 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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