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Stomias ferox

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Stomiidae

Stomias ferox is a subspecies of deep-sea fish in the family Stomiidae. Description Stomias ferox has an elongated body and small head; it is up to 30 cm (0. 98 ft) in length, black underneath and iridescent silver on its flanks, with a barbel that has a pale stem, dark spot at base of bulb and three blackish filaments.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 4

Sources and credits

Photo(c) A H, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionStomias ferox, Wikipedia contributors

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