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Gempylidae
oilfish
Ruvettus pretiosus
High wax ester content causes sudden diarrhea
- Tropical
- Globally widespread
- Marine fish
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Elongated
Largeoilfish is a marine fish from Circumtropical and Circumtemperate. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 300 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Gempylidae
- Genus
- Ruvettus
- Maximum length
- 300 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Circumtropical and Circumtemperate
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
Distribution
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