Howella brodiei
No common name
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Howellidae (Oceanic Basslets)
Howella
Howella brodiei
Description
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Characters
Two widely separated dorsal fins; strong opercular, subopercular, and interopercular spines; dorsal profile of head moderately convex; snout very short; nares moderately separated; maxilla extends to pupil; jaws with a single row of minute conical teeth; vomer with a small triangular patch of granular teeth; palatine with a long row of small conical teeth; gill rakers on first arch 7-9 on upper limb and 19-22 on lower limb; measurements (% SL): head length 31%-34%, snout length 7%-9%, eye diameter 10%-11%, interorbital width 7%-9%, upper jaw length 14%-15%, body depth 27%-29%; pectoral fin long and pointed with 14 or 15 rays; first dorsal fin with eight spines; second dorsal fin with one spine and 9 to 11 rays; anal fin with three spines and 7 or 8 rays; lateral line scales 35 to 39
Dark brown, with head slightly lighter
Distribution
Gulf of Mexico between 102 and 1,134 m
Widespread in the Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Tropical to warm temperate waters; juveniles pelagic between 26 and 300 m; adults bathypelagic or possibly benthic
Biology
Maximum known size is 120 mm TL
Inhabits the open ocean. Spends the day in midwater from 305-1,829 m depth and migrates near surface at night (Ref. 2850). Mesopelagic (Ref. 75154).
IUCN Red List Status: N.E. (N.E.). Resilience: Medium (K=0.8, Fec assumed < 1000).
References
Fedoryako 1976 (as H. sherborni)
Fujii 1983a
Tortonese 1986
Heemstra 2002b
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann (1983) A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p.
Santos, R.S., F.M. Porteiro and J.P. Barreiros (1997) Marine fishes of the Azores: annotated checklist and bibliography. Bulletin of the University of Azores. Supplement 1. 244 p.
Hay, A., W. Xian, N. Bailly, C. Liang and D. Pauly (2020) The why and how of determining length-weight relationships of fish from preserved museum specimens. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 36(3):373-379. DOI: 10.1111/jai.14014
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