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Melanonidae
arrowtail
Melanonus zugmayeri
Fish Reaching Twenty Eight Centimeters in the Pacific Ocean
Melanonus zugmayeri, the arrowtail, is a species of mesopelagic gadiform belonging to the pelagic cod family Melanonidae.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cods and Hakes
- Family
- Melanonidae
- Genus
- Melanonus
- Maximum length
- 28 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and temperate waters but rare in the temperate northeast Atlantic.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

