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Arctozenus risso (Bonaparte, 1840)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 28 - 34; Vertebrae: 72 - 86. Bright silvery in color (Ref. 6885). Branchiostegal rays: 8 (Ref. 35950).

Common Names

  • Fals espet de fonera , Catalan , Spain
  • Štukovčica , Croatian , Croatia
  • Rissos lakstobis , Danish , Denmark
  • Gevlekte barracudina , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Barracudina , English , Azores Is.
  • Ribbon barracudina , English , Canada
  • Ribbon barracudina , English , Australia
  • Spotted barracudina , English , UK
  • Spotted barracudina , English , Global
  • White barracudina , English , Canada
  • White barracudina , English , Azores Is.
  • White barracudina , English , USA
  • White barracudina , English , USA
  • Risso merivärtnake , Estonian , Estonia
  • Lítla lakstobis , Faroese , Faeroe Is.
  • Barracudine longue quille , French , France
  • Barracudine longue quille , French , Kerguelen Is.
  • Barracudine pintade , French , Global
  • Barracudine pintade , French , France
  • Barracudine pintade , French , Kerguelen Is.
  • Lussion blanc , French , Canada
  • Lussion blanc , French , Canada
  • Band-Barrakudina , German , Germany
  • Litla geirsíli , Icelandic , Iceland
  • Barracudina di risso , Italian , Italy
  • Pisci argintinu , Italian , Italy
  • Hikari-eso , Japanese , Japan
  • 里氏背鱗魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 里氏背鳞鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 長吻北極魣鱈 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 长吻北极魣鳕 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Liten laksetobis , Norwegian , Norway
  • Skwaran sztyletek , Polish , Poland
  • Severniy veretennik , Russian , Russia
  • северный веретенник , Russian , Russia
  • Barracudina pintada , Spanish , Spain
  • Mindre Laxtobis , Swedish , Sweden

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Aulopiformes

    Family: Paralepididae

    Genus: Arctozenus

    Species: Arctozenus risso (Bonaparte, 1840)

    Climate Zone

  • bathypelagic

    • Location

  • Worldwide distribution from the Arctic to Antarctic. Eastern Pacific: British Columbia (55°N) to at least north central Baja California (28°N) (Ref. 35950). Northwest Pacific: Bering Sea, Kamchatka, Kuril Islands (Ref. 41668).

    • Biology

    Pseudoceanic and mesopelagic, occurring singly or in small schools (Ref. 5759), primarily at 200-1000 (Ref. 58302). Feed mainly on fishes and shrimps (Ref. 5759). Spawn in continental slopes and in oceanic banks from northern through tropical to southern temperate waters. Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 35950).

    Habitat

    bathypelagic