Anoplogaster brachycera Kotlyar, 1986
Shorthorn fangtooth
Anoplogaster brachycera
photo by FAO

 Family:  Anoplogastridae (Fangtooth)
 Max. size:  6 cm SL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 1500 m
 Distribution:  Pacific and Atlantic: tropical waters, from the Sulu Sea in the western Pacific and from the Gulf of Mexico to north of the Bahamas Islands in the western Atlantic (Ref. 50735); off southeastern USA (Moore, pers. comm.).
 Diagnosis:   
 Biology:  Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Capuli, Estelita Emily - 05.08.94
 Modified by: OrtaƱez, Auda Kareen - 23.07.08
 Checked by: Paxton, John - 05.10.95

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