messmate

Echiodon cryomargarites

Ridges clustered on rear air bladder

Cross-climate
Subtropical
Temperate
Circumpolar Antarctic
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Oceania
Polar regions
South America
West Asia
Anguilliform
Medium

messmate is a marine fish of Widely distributed in the subtropical and temperate waters. The species occupies deep water. The largest recorded length is 41 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cusk-eels
Family: Carapidae
Genus: Echiodon
Maximum length: 41 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Widely distributed in the subtropical and temperate waters of the southern hemisphere (off New Zealand, south of Australia, off southern Chile, off Argentina and the Falklands and southern Brazil). Has been recently found at the eastern slope off South Georgia in the Antarctic region.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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