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Lophotidae
crestfish
Lophotus lacepede
Frontal horn with filament fin
- Globally widespread
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- Elongated
- Large
Globally widespread
Marine fish
Africa
Elongated
Largecrestfish is a marine fish found around Nearly worldwide in warmer seas. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 200 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Lophotidae
- Genus
- Lophotus
- Maximum length
- 200 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Nearly worldwide in warmer seas. Western Atlantic: Florida in USA to Brazil (Ref. 7251 ). Eastern Atlantic: western Mediterranean, off Portugal, Madeira and off Canary Islands; also South Africa (Ref. 4165 ). Western Indian Ocean: recently recorded from Reunion (Ref. 53568 ). Eastern Pacific: southern California, USA (Ref. 6740 ). Also reported from Australia (Ref. 9563 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
