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Stomiidae
Manyray Loosejaw
Aristostomias polydactylus
Twenty Two Centimeters Ray from New Zealand Waters
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- East Asia
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- Medium
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
MediumManyray Loosejaw is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and records give a maximum length of 22 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Aristostomias
- Maximum length
- 22 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Western Sahara to Senegal and a single record at 2°S 19°W. Western Atlantic: USA to Argentina, including Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Indian Ocean: 5°N to 25°S. Western Pacific: South China Sea, and around Indo-Australian Archipelago; New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ). Eastern Pacific: 22°N-9°S between 160°W and 140°W.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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