torpedo dragonfish

Grammatostomias dentatus

Stomiid Fish from Three Seven Eight Six Meters

torpedo dragonfish is known around Atlantic Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and records give a maximum length of 15.9 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonfishes and Allies
Family: Stomiidae
Genus: Grammatostomias
Maximum length: 15.9 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: west of the Cape Verde in the tropical eastern Atlantic; between 20°N 38°N in the north Atlantic; and between 20°S and 30°S in the Southwest Atlantic. One specimen was recorded from the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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