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Loosescale smooth-head (Einara macrolepis)
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Loosescale smooth-head (Einara macrolepis) specimen
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Alepocephalidae

Loosescale smooth-head

Einara macrolepis

Alepocephalid Fish of Central Pacific

  • Black
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Medium

Loosescale smooth-head is a marine fish from Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 22 cm.

Genus
Einara
Maximum length
22 cm
Water
Marine
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: isolated records around Madeira Island and from Morocco south to Angola. Elsewhere, Indian Ocean and eastern Pacific; and probably Western Central Pacific (Ref. 38717 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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