Sudis hyalina
No common name
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G5
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Aulopiformes
Paralepididae (Barracudinas)
Sudis
Sudis hyalina
Description
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Characters
Elongate and moderately compressed body; lower jaw upturned; large compressed head; relatively long pectoral fins; body depth 10.2-11.1% SL; head length 28-31.1% SL; snout length 16.2-18.6% SL; premaxilla minute with serrated edges in adults; lower jaw with two rows of teeth; vomer lacks teeth; palatine with large fixed conical tooth followed by 2-3 large depressible canine teeth and 0-14 small fixed retrorse teeth; gill rakers 8-11 on epibranch, 1 in corner, 24-25 on lower limb, and 9-23 on hypobranch; pectoral fin with 14-15 rays; dorsal fin with 13 rays; pelvic fin with 9 rays; anal fin with 21-23 rays; scales mostly lacking except on preoperculum and embedded lateral line scales; lateral line scale sections 51-77, diamond-shaped; vertebrae 59-60
Body unpigmented except for light pigment band on dorsal surface and fine pigment on caudal peduncle; head with light pigmentation on snout, along lower jaw, and on dorsal surface; peritoneum black
Distribution
Western Atlantic from 41°40'N to 32°56'S, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
Habitat Associations
Depth range 35-217 m
Biology
Maximum known size about 400 mm SL
Mesopelagic to bathypelagic. Carnivorous. Probably spawns near the surface in temperate to tropical waters (Ref. 5759). Has been supposed to be one of the 'cable-biters'; reconstructions from big teeth found in submarine cables suggests that it attains at least 100 cm body-length (Ref. 4474).
IUCN Red List Status: Data Deficient (DD), assessed 2013-01-16.
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
Rofen 1966a
Shores 1969
Murdy et al. 1983
Post 1984c
Bauchot, M.-L. (1987) Poissons osseux. p. 891-1421. In W. Fischer, M.L. Bauchot and M. Schneider (eds.) Fiches FAO d'identification pour les besoins de la pêche. (rev. 1). Méditerranée et mer Noire. Zone de pêche 37. Vol. II. Commission des Communautés Européennes and FAO, Rome.
Post, A. (1986) Paralepididae. p. 274-278. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Post, A. (1990) Sudidae. p. 385. 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. 1.
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