Gibberichthys pumilus
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Gibberichthyidae (Gibberfishes)
Gibberichthys
Gibberichthys pumilus
Description
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Characters
Relatively slender bodied and moderately compressed, with relatively large scales. Snout does not protrude beyond maxillary symphysis. Gill rakers on first arch number 18 to 22. Pectoral fin has 13 to 15 rays. Dorsal fin consists of five or six semi-isolated spines and 13 to 15 rays. Anal fin has four or five semi-isolated spines and 7 to 9 rays. Pelvic fin has 1 spinous ray and 5 or 6 rays. Lateral line scales number 28. Vertebrae number 28 or 29.
Color is black.
Distribution
Western Atlantic Ocean from the east coast of Florida to northern South America, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas, and the Greater Antilles.
Habitat Associations
Benthic to bathypelagic between 300 and 1,000 m
Prejuveniles are epipelagic in oceanic waters
Biology
Food consists of calanoid copepods for prejuveniles, and gammarid and hyperiid amphipods and calanoid and harpacticoid copepods for juveniles and adults
Maximum known size is 92 mm SL
Maturity is reached at about 81 mm SL
Kasidoron, once given family status as Kasidoridae, is the larva of this species (Ref. 6993). Adults found at depths of 320 - 1,100 meters and larvae at 0 - 50 meters (Ref. 51655). Feeds on amphipods and copepods (Ref. 37039).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2018-10-09.
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Parr 1933
Grey 1959
C. R. Robins and de Sylva 1965 (as Kasidoron edom)
C. R. Robins 1966 (as K. edom)
Ebeling and Weed 1973
de Sylva and Eschmeyer 1977
Uyeno et al. 1983
Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.) (1983) Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p.
McEachran, J.D. and J.D. Fechhelm (1998) Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin. 1112p.
Kotlyar, A.N. (2004) Family Gibberichthyidae Parr 1933 gibberfishes. Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes 28(3).
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