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Gempylidae
snoek
Thyrsites atun
Gempylid Fish from the South African Coast
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Transcontinental
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Oceania
- South America
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Elongated
Largesnoek is a marine fish of Southwest Atlantic. The species occupies marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 200 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Gempylidae
- Genus
- Thyrsites
- Maximum length
- 200 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Southwest Atlantic: Uruguay, Argentina and Tierra del Fuego. Eastern Atlantic: Tristan da Cunha and South Africa. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa and the St. Paul and Amsterdam islands. Eastern Indian Ocean: Tasmania and southern coast of Australia. Southwest Pacific: New Zealand and southern coast of Australia. Southeast Pacific: southern Peru, Chile, and Tierra del Fuego.
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