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Slimehead grenadier (Ventrifossa mucocephalus)
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Slimehead grenadier (Ventrifossa mucocephalus) specimen
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Macrouridae

Slimehead grenadier

Ventrifossa mucocephalus

Fish Reaching Forty Centimeters in the Caribbean Sea

  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • Elongated
  • Medium

Slimehead grenadier is a marine fish found around Western Central Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 40 cm.

Maximum length
40 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Western Central Atlantic: western Caribbean, the Straits of Florida off Cuba, and the Atlantic off northeastern Florida.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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