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Alepocephalidae
Grenadier smooth-head
Leptoderma macrops
Alepocephalid Fish from the Caribbean Sea
- Black
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Elongated
- Medium
Black
Regional distribution
Elongated
MediumGrenadier smooth-head is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the largest recorded length is 24 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Alepocephalidae
- Genus
- Leptoderma
- Maximum length
- 24 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: southern Bay of Biscay to Namibia. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and off Brazil.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
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