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Halosauridae
Guenther's halosaur
Halosaurus guentheri
Dark brown checkerboard scaling
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Anguilliform
- Large
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
LargeGuenther's halosaur is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the largest recorded length is 60 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Halosauridae
- Genus
- Halosaurus
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Western Sahara to Mauritania, and the Canary Islands. Western Atlantic: New York, USA to Venezuela, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Reported off the Guianas (Ref. 13608 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
