Species

Eumecichthys

Fish

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General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Eumecichthys." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/eumecichthys.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Eumecichthys. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/eumecichthys

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-eumecichthys,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Eumecichthys},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/eumecichthys},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Eumecichthys is a genus of crestfish represented by a single species, Eumecichthys fiski, the unicorn crestfish, in the family Lophotidae. It is a very rare, little-known bathypelagic fish living at depths of around 1,000 meters, with reported sightings from South Africa, the Sea of Japan, Florida, Mexico, Hawaii, and India.

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