Stemonosudis macrura
From the Arabian Sea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Paralepididae
Genus: Stemonosudis
Species:
S. macrura
Binomial name
Stemonosudis macrura
(Ege, 1933)

Stemonosudis macrura is a species of deep-water marine, bathypelagic fish living at the depth range 18 to 330 m (59 to 1,083 ft),[2] member of the barracudina family Paralepididae. The fish is known to distributed in Indo-Pacific and eastern Pacific Ocean from around Point Conception State Marine Reserve in California in the north to Chile in the south.[3]

Description

The reported maximum length an unsexed male was 15 cm (5.9 in).[4] and it has seven to nine soft dorsal rays and 33 to 38 soft anal rays.[5] It is oviparous with planktonic larvae.[5]

Taxonomy

It was first formally described in 1933 by Vilhelm Ege.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Ho, H. (2020). "Stemonosudis macrura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T123325962A123326481. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T123325962A123326481.en. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Mundy, B.C. (2005). Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Musium Bullettin of Zoology.
  3. ↑ Ambrose, D.A. "Paralepididae: barracudinas. p. 352-355. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region". California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations. 33: 1505.
  4. ↑ Post, A (1986). Smiths' sea fishes. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
  5. 1 2 "Stemonosudis macrura (Ege, 1933)". Fishbase. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Stemonosudis macrura (Ege, 1933)". WoRMS taxon details. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 19 February 2021.


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