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Pencil Smelts
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Pencil Smelts

Microstomatidae

The Microstomatidae (pencil smelts) are a family of marine smelts native to the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.

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3 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 22 known species

Nansenia

genusNansenia

Microstoma

genusMicrostoma

Xenophthalmichthys

genusXenophthalmichthys

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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 85895.