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softskin smooth-head (Rouleina attrita)
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softskin smooth-head (Rouleina attrita) specimen
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Alepocephalidae

softskin smooth-head

Rouleina attrita

Forty Eight Centimeters Alepocephalid Fish of the Indian Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Polar regions
  • Elongated
  • Medium

softskin smooth-head is known from Circumglobal, widely distributed in the Atlantic, most Indian Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Maximum length
48 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Circumglobal, widely distributed in the Atlantic, most Indian Ocean submarine ridges, Subantarctic, North Pacific and tropical western and eastern Pacific.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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