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Bighead Lightfish
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Bighead Lightfish

Margrethia obtusirostra Jespersen & Tåning, 1919

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Names

EnglishBighead Lightfish
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Scientific nameMargrethia obtusirostra Jespersen & Tåning, 1919

About this species

Margrethia obtusirostra, the Bighead portholefish, is a bristlemouth of the family Gonostomatidae, found in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific and Atlantic oceans, at depths of between 100 and 600 m. Its length is between 5 and 8 cm.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderStomiiformes
FamilyGonostomatidae
GenusMargrethia

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