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Stomiidae
snaggletooth
Astronesthes gemmifer
Seventeen Centimeters Stomiid Fish of the Atlantic Ocean
- Oceanic
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Elongated
- Medium
Oceanic
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
Mediumsnaggletooth is known from Atlantic Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Astronesthes
- Maximum length
- 17 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Atlantic Ocean: North Atlantic to about 62°N, western South Atlantic to 32°S (in the eastern central Atlantic, from 30°N to about 11°S; not known from the Gulf of Guinea (5°N to 10°S) but probably inhabits all other oceanic areas). Elsewhere, Indian and Pacific oceans.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
