starry smooth-head

Photostylus pycnopterus

Thirteen Centimeters Alepocephalid Fish from the Atlantic Ocean

starry smooth-head is known from Circumglobal as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Slickheads and Tubeshoulders
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Photostylus
Maximum length: 13 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Circumglobal. Eastern Atlantic: Iceland, and from France south to Morocco including Madeira and Azores Islands; Mauritania south to Guinea Bissau (Ref. 4460 ). Reported from Western Australia and New South Wales (Ref. 7300 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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