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Order Teleostei 🍽️ 23 Edible 🎣 7 Game Fish

Acropomatiformes

Families
21
Species
271
Max Length
250 cm
Max Weight
255.6 kg
Avg Trophic
3.48
Threatened
1

🌐 Geographic Distribution

Chile
18 spp.
New Zealand
18 spp.
Mexico
15 spp.
Brazil
8 spp.
Mozambique
8 spp.
Australia
6 spp.
United States
6 spp.
Greece
5 spp.
South Africa
5 spp.
Tanzania
4 spp.

🔬 Ecology & Feeding

Shallowest
0 m
Deepest
3,000 m

🌿 Families in Order Acropomatiformes

21 families
Family
Stereolepididae
2 species within order Acropomatiformes.
2 sp. View family
Family
Howellidae
9 species within order Acropomatiformes.
9 sp. View family
Family
Pempheridae
80 species within order Acropomatiformes.
80 sp. View family
Family
Symphysanodontidae
12 species within order Acropomatiformes.
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Family
Pentacerotidae
13 species within order Acropomatiformes.
13 sp. View family
Family
Hemerocoetidae
26 species within order Acropomatiformes.
26 sp. View family
Family
Champsodontidae
13 species within order Acropomatiformes.
13 sp. View family
Family
Creediidae
16 species within order Acropomatiformes.
16 sp. View family
Family
Epigonidae
50 species within order Acropomatiformes.
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Family
Dinolestidae
1 species within order Acropomatiformes.
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Family
Malakichthyidae
9 species within order Acropomatiformes.
9 sp. View family
Family
Bathyclupeidae
3 species within order Acropomatiformes.
3 sp. View family
Family
Lateolabracidae
2 species within order Acropomatiformes.
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Family
Ostracoberycidae
3 species within order Acropomatiformes.
3 sp. View family
Family
Acropomatidae
13 species within order Acropomatiformes.
13 sp. View family
Family
Synagropidae
3 species within order Acropomatiformes.
3 sp. View family
Family
Scombropidae
3 species within order Acropomatiformes.
3 sp. View family
Family
Polyprionidae
2 species within order Acropomatiformes.
2 sp. View family
Family
Leptoscopidae
4 species within order Acropomatiformes.
4 sp. View family
Family
Banjosidae
3 species within order Acropomatiformes.
3 sp. View family
Family
Glaucosomatidae
4 species within order Acropomatiformes.
4 sp. View family

🌍 Habitat Distribution

🌊 Marine
270
🔄 Diadromous
1

🛡️ Conservation Status Distribution

LC
DD
Least Concern 38
Critically Endangered 2
Data Deficient 9