Red whalefish

Barbourisia rufa

A red wanderer of the deep oceans

Red
Cross-climate
Temperate
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
North America
Oceania
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Medium

Red whalefish is known around Throughout the world ocean in tropical and temperate latitudes as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the largest recorded length is 39 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Sawbellies and Allies
Family: Barbourisiidae
Genus: Barbourisia
Maximum length: 39 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Throughout the world ocean in tropical and temperate latitudes (Ref. 9842 ). Eastern Atlantic: one specimen from off Cape Bojador south of the Canary Islands; unrecorded specimens taken between Guinea and Angola. Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ) to the Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 29076 ). Western Indian Ocean: off Madagascar. Eastern Pacific: one specimen captured off northern central California, USA (Ref. 2850 ). Western Pacific: Japan to New Caledonia, Australia (Ref. 7300 ) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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