Slender Smallmouth


Description

Reference

IB0911

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Deepsea Smelts - MICROSTOMATIDAE

Common Name

Slender Smallmouth

Scientific Name

Microstoma microstoma

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Deepsea Smelts are similar in form to the Herring Smelts. They feed mostly on gelatinous plankton and have very fine teeth and a long intestine to aid in the digestion of such a diet. They are important food source for deepwater predatory fishes.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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