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Scopelarchidae
northern pearleye
Benthalbella dentata
Scopelarchid Fish of Coastal Waters
northern pearleye is a marine fish found around Northeast Pacific. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 26.2 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Scopelarchidae
- Genus
- Benthalbella
- Maximum length
- 26.2 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Northeast Pacific: Gulf of Alaska to Baja California, Mexico. Northwest Pacific: Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

