Chauliodus danae
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G5
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Stomiiformes
Stomiidae (Dragonfishes)
Chauliodus
Chauliodus danae
Description
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Characters
Body depth is 4.7% to 9% and head length is 11.9% to 14.3% of SL. Premaxilla has 4 fanglike teeth; second is longest, fourth is larger than third, and second and often third and fourth are barbed. Lower jaw has 5 to 10 teeth; first is largest, second is small, third is larger than second, and remainder are progressively smaller posteriorly. Branchiostegal rays number 12 to 16. Pectoral fin has 11 to 14 rays. Dorsal fin originates between 24% and 33% of SL, over ninth to eleventh photophore of lateral series, and has 5 or 6 rays, with first considerably longer than remainder. Anal fin has 10 to 12 rays. IP number 9 or 10, PV number 17 to 21, and VAV number 22 to 27. OV number 17 to 20, and VAL number 22 to 26. AC number 8 to 12. Preorbital and postorbital and 12 minute suborbital photophores are present.
Color is dark, occasionally paler ventrally, and body has five rows of hexagonal pigmented areas marking scale pockets.
Distribution
In the western Atlantic it occurs from about 48°N to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
Habitat Associations
Subtropical to temperate North Atlantic Ocean; during the day ranges from 500 to 3,500 m, and during the night part of the population ranges from near the surface to 500 m.
Biology
Food consists of midwater fishes.
Maximum known size is 160 mm SL.
Spawning takes place year-round but is most common in the spring.
An oceanic and mesopelagic species (Ref. 3588). May migrate to near-surface waters at night (Ref. 4759). Feeds on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 4759).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2013-05-21. Resilience: Medium (Assuming tmax>3).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters described.
References
Morrow 1961
Morrow 1964a
Rass 1971
Parin and Novikova 1974
Gibbs 1984b
Sutton and Hopkins in press
Parin, N.V. (1990) Chauliodontidae. p. 293-295. 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.
Gibbs, R.H. Jr. (1984) Chauliodontidae. p. 336-337. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1.
Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott (1988) Atlantic fishes of Canada. Can. Bull. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 219:731 p.
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.
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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