Leptostomias bermudensis
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Stomiiformes
Stomiidae (Dragonfishes)
Leptostomias
Leptostomias bermudensis
Description
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Characters
Elongate and very slender body; short, blunt, nonprotrusible snout; long chin barbel with elongated, asymmetrical bulb; abdominal pelvic fins; body depth 6.3% to 7.1% and head length 8.3% to 9.1% of SL; lower jaw neither longer than upper jaw nor upturned at tip; premaxilla with six teeth; lower jaw with minute depressible teeth anteriorly, followed by one large fang, moderate-sized depressible teeth, and three small teeth posteriorly; chin barbel 59% to 72% of SL with slender stem, three small filaments, and banana-shaped bulb; pectoral fin with 9 to 11 unbranched rays; dorsal fin with 20 rays; anal fin with 24 or 25 rays; pelvic fin with 7 rays; IP number 10, PV number 45 to 48, VAV number 21, OV number 46 to 48, VAL number 22, AC number 12; preorbital and suborbital luminous organs absent; Po small and roundish
Color is black
Distribution
Western North Atlantic off Bermuda and in the Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Marine. pelagic-oceanic.
Biology
Food consists of myctophids
Maximum known size is 267 mm SL
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2009-02-04. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters described
References
Morrow and Gibbs 1964
Sutton and Hopkins 1996, in press
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.
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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