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arrowtail (Melanonus zugmayeri)
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Melanonidae

arrowtail

Melanonus zugmayeri

Fish Reaching Twenty Eight Centimeters in the Pacific Ocean

  • Black
  • Cross-climate
  • Temperate
  • Tropical
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Elongated
  • Medium

Melanonus zugmayeri, the arrowtail, is a species of mesopelagic gadiform belonging to the pelagic cod family Melanonidae.

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

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