Linophryne densiramus
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Lophiiformes (Anglerfish)
Linophrynidae (Leftvents Seadevils)
Linophryne
Linophryne densiramus
Description
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Characters
Females are short and moderately deep, with a branched hyoid barbel; head spines, tooth patterns, body proportions, fin ray counts, and subdermal pigmentation as in L. brevibarbatus; hyoid barbel divided near base into five main branches and is less than 60% of SL; anterior median branch bifurcated, with proximal branch nearly as long as main stem and bearing posterior series of side branches; anterior pair of main branches bifurcated nearly to base, with bifurcations of about equal length; one branch of each anterior pair of main branches bears number of side branches; intermediary unpaired main branch bifurcated, with bifurcations of about equal length, one bifurcation with anteroventral series of side branches, and other bifurcation prolonged into one or more filamentous branches; posterior main branch has series of five to eight side branches, with proximal branch longer than others; all barbel branches distally divided into several filaments bearing photophores; esca is large and has single distal appendage of about 16% to 39% of SL.
Photophores are present in transparent tips and filamentous prolongations of barbel branches.
Distribution
Off the southeastern coast of the United States and in the Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Western Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; depth range not specified
Biology
Maximum known size for females is 68 mm SL
Males are parasitic on mature females.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2018-10-11.
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters described
References
Bertelsen 1980
Bertelsen 1982
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley (1989) Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 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.
Nakabo, T. (2002) Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition I. Tokai University Press, Japan, pp v-866.
Mundy, B.C. (2005) Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704.
Pietsch, T.W. (2009) Oceanic anglerfishes. Extraordinary diversity in the deep sea. Oceanic Anglerfishes, i-xii; 1-557pp.
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