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Valdivia Dragonfish
Melanostomias valdiviae
Melanostomias valdiviae is a species of dragonfish native to the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. This long and thin fish is bathypelagic, and can be found in depths of 40–1,600 m (130–5,250 ft). The species can grow up to 24.1 cm (9.5 in). Its hue is black and it has a dull snout.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 459311.