Cetomimus gillii
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Cetomimidae
Cetomimus
Cetomimus gillii
Description
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Characters
Elongate, slender, and compressed posteriorly, with a moderately large head, dorsal and anal fin bases not elevated, and posterior lateral line pores with moderate lappets or flaps. Dorsal profile of head is convex, and snout is acute. Jaw teeth are short, close-set, and in indistinct diagonal rows. Vomerine tooth patch is round and dome shaped. Palatine teeth are present. Ventral midline of gill arches has single, moderately long, broad, and slightly dumbbell-shaped tooth patch (copular tooth plate). Eye is very small and lacks lens. Three and one-half gill arches are present, with small filaments on fourth. First gill arch has tooth plates with small granular teeth. Pectoral fin has 16, dorsal fin has 16 to 19, and anal fin has 16 to 19 rays. Lateral line consists of broad tube pierced by 14 to 19 pores. Posterior pores have lappets or flaps covering about two-thirds of pore. Cavernous tissue is present around anus and on either side of first five anal fin rays.
Color is blackish brown in preservative.
Distribution
Off the mid-Atlantic states of the United States
In the Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Mesopelagic and bathypelagic depths, between 900 and 1,300 m
Biology
Maximum known size is 70 mm SL
IUCN Red List Status: Data Deficient (DD), assessed 2014-07-15. Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters described
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Goode and Bean 1895
Harry 1952
Paxton 1989
Tolley et al. 1989
Paxton, J.R. and D.J. Blake (1990) Cetomimidae. p. 607-608. 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, Parisl. Vol. 2.
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