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Barbate dragonfish (Eustomias enbarbatus)
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Barbate dragonfish (Eustomias enbarbatus) specimen
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Stomiidae

Barbate dragonfish

Eustomias enbarbatus

Carp beneath the Caribbean Sea

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Barbate dragonfish is known from Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Family
Stomiidae
Maximum length
21.4 cm
Water
Marine
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Western Sahara to Namibia (not known from the Gulf of Guinea). Western Atlantic: USA south to Argentina including the Caribbean Sea. Also Indian and Pacific oceans.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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