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Stomiidae
Smalltooth dragonfish
Pachystomias microdon
Slender barbels without bulbs
- Near the Equator
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Elongated
- Medium
Near the Equator
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
MediumSmalltooth dragonfish is a marine fish from Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 22.1 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Pachystomias
- Maximum length
- 22.1 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: scattered records from 50°N-31°N, then between 16°N-18°S and from 28°S-37°S but not taken close to the continent south of the equator. Western Atlantic: scattered records from 40°N-13°N. Also known from the Indian and Pacific oceans. South China Sea (Ref.74511).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
