Ribbon sawtail fish

Ribbon sawtail fish

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Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

SPECIES

Idiacanthus fasciola

Length

29-48.9

11.4-19.3

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cm inch

The ribbon sawtail fish, Idiacanthus fasciola, is a barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found around the world at depths over 500 m between latitudes 40° N and 54° S. Length is up to 35 cm in general for the female, and 15 cm for the male.

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Geography

Continents

Antarctica, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Oceania

Subcontinents

Countries

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Macao, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Morocco, Western Sahara, Canada, United States, Australia, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, India, Bangladesh, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Seychelles, South Africa, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania, Yemen, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Portugal, Taiwan, Peru

Oceans

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian ocean

Seas

Gulf of Mexico, Ceram Sea, Tasman Sea, Sulu Sea, South China Sea, Solomon Sea, Philippine Sea, Halmahera Sea, Gulf of Aden, Flores Sea, Coral Sea, Celebes Sea, Caribbean Sea, Bismarck Sea, Bay of Bengal, Banda Sea, Arabian Sea

Biogeographical realms

Antarctic, Neotropical, Indomalayan, Palearctic, Nearctic, Oceanian, Australasian, Afrotropical

Islands

Andaman Island, Azores, Howland-Baker Island, Johnston Island, Kiribati Line Island, Madeira, Mozambique Channel Island, Nicobar Island, Paracel Island, Phoenix Island, Spratly Island, Wake Island, Caribbean Islands

Biome

Oceanic pelagic zone

Climate zones

Ribbon sawtail fish

Habits and Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Cosmopolitan, Oviparous

Diet and Nutrition

Diet Piscivores, Carnivore

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Population

Population Trend

POPULATION STATUS

Least concern (LC)

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References

1. Ribbon sawtail fish Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_sawtail_fish

2. Ribbon sawtail fish on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18257198/21909419

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