Zenion hololepis
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Zeiformes (Dories)
Zeniontidae
Zenion
Zenion hololepis
Description
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Characters
Moderately elongate, oval shaped, and compressed, with large eyes and a very long serrated pelvic fin spine. Gill rakers on first arch number 14 to 16 on lower limb. Head length is 33% to 37% and body depth is 33% to 40% of SL, and eye diameter is 47.6% to 52.6% of head length. Pectoral fin has 16 rays. Dorsal fin has six or seven spines, with second longest, and 25 to 28 rays. Anal fin has one spine and 23 to 28 rays. Small scales run along base of dorsal and anal fins. Vertebrae number 25 or 26.
Color is reddish.
Distribution
eastern Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
tropical and subtropical waters at 300 to 400 m
Biology
Found over mud or sand-mud bottom (Ref. 26999). Reported to up to 700m depth (Ref. 89996).
Max length: 15.6 cm TL; max weight: 37 g.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2013-05-20.
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
distinguished from the other species of the family by the combination of characters
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: bycatch.
References
Goode and Bean 1896
Longley and Hildebrand 1941
Kotthaus 1970 (as Z. longipinnis)
Heemstra 1980
Heemstra 1986i
Heemstra, P.C. (1986) Zeniontidae. p. 441. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Yang, J., Z. Huang, S. Chen and Q. Li (1996) The Deep-Water Pelagic Fishes in the Area form Nansha Islands To the Northeast part of South China Sea. Science Publication Company, Beijing. 190 pp.
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.
De La Hoz-M, J., J. Motta and J. Paramo (2016) Length-weight relationships for 36 deep sea fish in the Colombian Caribbean Sea. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 32:1356-1359. DOI: 10.1111/jai.13217
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