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Microstomatidae
large-eyed argentine
Nansenia groenlandica
Microstomatid Fish beneath the South African Coast
- Northern Hemisphere
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Africa
- Europe
- North America
- South Asia
- Elongated
- Medium
Northern Hemisphere
Marine fish
Africa
Elongated
Mediumlarge-eyed argentine is a marine fish from North Atlantic. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 24.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Marine Smelts
- Family
- Microstomatidae
- Genus
- Nansenia
- Maximum length
- 24.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- North Atlantic: off southern Iceland eastward and southward to about 35°N. One record is from western Greenland and two are from North America to 40°N. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, near Zanzibar, and Maldives (Ref. 26165 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
