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Notacanthidae
longnose tapirfish
Polyacanthonotus challengeri
Sixty Centimeters Notacanthid Fish of Japanese Waters
- Northern Hemisphere
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Southern Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- North America
- Oceania
- Anguilliform
- Large
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
Largelongnose tapirfish is a marine fish from North Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 60 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Notacanthidae
- Genus
- Polyacanthonotus
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- North Pacific: Japan, Bering Sea and British Columbia, Canada (Ref. 6885 ), also south to Oregon, USA (Ref. 35578 ). South Pacific: known form one specimen collected near New Zealand. Southeast Atlantic: South Africa. Southern Ocean: known from one specimen collected near the Kerguelen Islands. Mainly antitropical (Ref. 5165 ) but reported from Azores, Canary Islands and Morocco (Ref. 6728 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
