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Regalecidae
oarfish
Regalecus glesne
Regalecid Fish Reaching Eight Hundred Centimeters
oarfish is a marine fish found around Atlantic Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 800 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Regalecidae
- Genus
- Regalecus
- Maximum length
- 800 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Atlantic Ocean: widely distributed, including the Mediterranean (Ref. 231 ). Indo-Pacific. Eastern Pacific: Topanga Beach in southern California, USA to Chile (Ref. 2850 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

