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Pacific portholefish (Diplophos taenia)
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Pacific portholefish (Diplophos taenia) specimen
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Diplophidae

Pacific portholefish

Diplophos taenia

Twenty Seven Point Six Centimeters Diplophid Fish from Indo Pacific

  • Cross-climate
  • Subtropical
  • Tropical
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Globally widespread
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium

Pacific portholefish is known from Cosmopolitan as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Maximum length
27.6 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Cosmopolitan. Eastern Atlantic: Portugal (Ref. 4769 ) south to Gulf of Guinea (Ref. 4463 ); Namibia and South Africa (Ref. 3991 ). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific: in tropical and subtropical waters. Eastern Pacific: California Current region (Ref. 35800 ); Chile (Ref. 9068 ). South China Sea (Ref.74511).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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