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Crested Scabbardfish

Lepidopus altifrons Parin & Collette 1993

Diagnostic Description

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Body silvery to brown with a dark lateral line; gill cavity black (Ref. 12204). Dorsal fin elements 90-98 (Ref. 36453).
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Cristina V. Garilao
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Morphology

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Anal spines: 2; Analsoft rays: 52 - 58; Vertebrae: 98 - 107
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Trophic Strategy

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Juveniles pelagic, adults benthopelagic (Ref. 12204).
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Grace Tolentino Pablico
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Biology

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Juveniles pelagic, adults benthopelagic (Ref. 12204).
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Distribution

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Western Atlantic: off the Scotian Shelf of Canada to off southern Brazil

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Habitat

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benthic

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