Stephanoberyx monae
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Stephanoberycidae (Pricklefishes)
Stephanoberyx
Stephanoberyx monae
Description
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Characters
Spindle shaped, with relatively large dorsal and anal fins. Head is strongly convex and has prominent serrated ridges. Snout profile is blunt but does not extend beyond lower jaw. Single supramaxilla on dorsal margin of maxilla is triangular shaped and has two or more rows of spines along ventral edge. Gill rakers on first arch number 12 to 15 on epibranch and 25 to 27 on lower limb. Head length is 36%, length of upper jaw is 23% to 26%, postorbital length of head is 18% to 21%, and snout to pelvic fin origin is 40% to 44% of SL. Pectoral fin has 12 or 13 rays. Dorsal fin has one to three weak spines and 11 to 13 rays. Pelvic fin is subabdominal. Anal fin usually has one to three weak spines and 11 or 12 rays. Caudal fin has 9 to 11 procurrent rays above, and 8 to 11 procurrent rays below, caudal peduncle. Scales are small, rectangular or oval shaped, with six to eight moderate-sized spines on posterior field. Vertebrae number 31 to 33.
Color is black.
Distribution
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Abyssal depths in the western Atlantic, including the Caribbean Sea
Biology
Maximum known size is 81 mm SL.
Adults probably abyssal benthic (Ref. 51654).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2018-10-09. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species in the family by the combination of characters described.
References
Rass 1971
Ebeling and Weed 1973
Ebeling, A.W. and W.H. Weed (1973) Order Xenoberyces (Stephanoberyciformes). In: Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Mem. Sears Found. Mar. Res. (MSFMR), Mem. 1 (pt 6):397-478.
Cohen, D.M., A.W. Ebeling, T. Iwamoto, S.B. McDowell, N.B. Marshall, D.E. Rosen, P. Sonoda, W.H. Weed III and L.P. Woods (1973) Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Part six. New Haven, Sears Found. Mar. Res., Yale Univ.
Kotlyar, A.N. (2004) Family Stephanoberycidae Gill 1884. Pricklefishes. Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes (27):3.
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