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  8. ›Lophotus
Crested Oarfish
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Crested Oarfish

Lophotus lacepede

The crested oarfish (Lophotus lacepede), is a species of crestfish in the family Lophotidae, and is a oceanodromous fish ranging from waters 0–92 meters deep, but may get stranded in shallow waters.

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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 196746.