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Alepocephalidae
Baird's smoothhead
Alepocephalus bairdii
Tunicates and fish swallowed over dark mud
- Black
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Europe
- North America
- Elongated
- Large
Black
Regional distribution
Elongated
LargeBaird's smoothhead is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and records give a maximum length of 100 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Alepocephalidae
- Genus
- Alepocephalus
- Maximum length
- 100 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Greenland and Iceland southward to 17°N. Western Atlantic: Greenland to Scotian Shelf and 29°52'N, 77°09'W.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
