Real photoREAL PHOTO
Opisthoproctidae
javelin spookfish
Bathylychnops exilis
A javelin shaped fish of two far oceans
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- North America
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Largejavelin spookfish is a migratory fish from Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 58 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Marine Smelts
- Family
- Opisthoproctidae
- Genus
- Bathylychnops
- Maximum length
- 58 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: off Azores Island. Northeast Pacific: British Columbia, Canada (Ref. 11980 ) to central California (Ref. 35626 ). Northwest Pacific: Kashimanada Sea, Japan (Ref. 559 ).
Class
Order
Family
