Dolichopteroides binocularis
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Argentiniformes
Opisthoproctidae (Spookfishes)
Dolichopteroides
Dolichopteroides binocularis
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated. Body slender. Elongated pectoral fin, 5 luminous (?) bodies in ventral midline and posterior base of ventral fin. Body transparent white, dark muzzle, five large ventral blotches and a midline dark chromatophores (Ref. 37473).
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: off the Gulf of Guinea and South Africa. Western Atlantic: Bermuda. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). Southwest Pacific: New Zealand (Ref. 5755).
Habitat Associations
Marine. bathypelagic. depth range 960-1200 m.
Biology
Max length: 24.2 cm SL.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2013-05-21. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
Quéro, J.-C. (1990) Opisthroproctidae. p. 241-243. 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.
Trunov, I.A. (1997) The species of the Opisthoproctidae family from the Southern Atlantic Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 37(9):810-814.
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.
Fukui, A. and Y. Kitagawa (2006) Dolichopteryx minuscula, a new species of spookfish (Argentinoidei: Opisthoproctidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Ichthyol. Res. 53(2):113-120.
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