Melanonus zugmayeri
No common name
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G5
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Gadiformes (Cod, Hakes and others)
Melanonidae (Melanonus)
Melanonus
Melanonus zugmayeri
Description
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Characters
Snout blunt, mouth moderately oblique; upper jaw extends to near posterior margin of orbits; teeth relatively stout, with pair in anterior section of upper jaw and anterior teeth in lower jaw enlarged; vomer with two parallel rows of teeth, palatine with single row; pectoral fin with 13 rays, about 67% of head length; head length 25%, body depth 19% to 21% of SL; snout length 29%, eye diameter 20% to 21%, interorbital width 43% of head length; dorsal fin with about 70 rays, pelvic fin with 7 rays, anal fin with about 50 rays
Distribution
western Atlantic from the Carolinas to Venezuela
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
tropical to warm temperate seas
Biology
150mm TL
Oceanic, meso- (Ref. 6525) and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2012-07-11.
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters described
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Uyeno et al., 1983
Howes, 1991
Cohen, D.M. (1990) Melanonidae. p. 540. 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. 2.
Cohen, D.M. (1986) Melanonidae. p. 328-329. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
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.
Figueiredo, J.L., A.P.D. Santos, N. Yamaguti, R.A. Bernardes and C.L. Del Bianco Rossi-Wongtschowski (2002) Peixes da zona econômica exclusiva da Região Sudeste-Sul do Brasil: Levantamento com Rede de Meia-Água. São-Paulo: Editora da Universidade de São Paulo; Imprensa Oficial do Estado, 242 p.
Mundy, B.C. (2005) Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704.
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