Bathophilus longipinnis
No common name
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Stomiiformes
Stomiidae (Dragonfishes)
Bathophilus
Bathophilus longipinnis
Description
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Characters
Elongate and slender body; moderately long, blunt snout; long chin barbel; pelvic fins near midline of flank; body depth 9-15% SL; head length 18-25% SL; lower jaw equal in length to upper jaw, not upturned; premaxilla with 7-8 teeth; lower jaw with 7-9 teeth; chin barbel slender, nearly as long as body, with distal swellings but no bulbs or filaments; pectoral fin with 6-9 free rays; dorsal fin with 14-16 rays; anal fin with 12-16 rays; pelvic fin with 8-13 free filamentous rays; IP 6, PV 14-15, VAV 11-13, OV 13-16, VAL 10-12, AC 5; preorbital and suborbital luminous organs absent; Po equal to eye diameter; body covered with small photophores
Black; barbel yellowish white
Distribution
Eastern seaboard of the United States to the Straits of Florida, Bermuda
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Tropical to subtropical seas, near surface to 1,000 m
Biology
Midwater fishes
110 mm SL
Meso- (Ref. 4468) and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302).
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2013-05-20. Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters
References
Morrow and Gibbs 1964
Barnett and Gibbs 1968
Gibbs 1986d
Sutton and Hopkins 1996, in press
Gibbs, R.H. Jr. (1986) Melanostomiidae. p. 236-243. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Gibbs, R.H. and M.A. Barnett (1990) Melanostomiidae. p. 308-337. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1.
Bigelow, H.B., D.M. Cohen, M.M. Dick, R.H. Gibbs Jr., M. Grey, J.E. Morrow Jr., L.P. Schultz and V. Walters (1964) Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Part four. New Haven, Sears Found. Mar. Res., Yale Univ.
Sutton, T.T. and T.L. Hopkins (1996) Trophic ecology of the stomiid (Pisces: Stomiidae) fish assemblage of the eastern Gulf of Mexico: strategies, selectivity and impact of a top mesopelagic predator group. Mar. Biol. 127:179-192.
Mundy, B.C. (2005) Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704.
Patzner, R.A. (2008) Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p.
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