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Ariomma melana (Ginsburg, 1954)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 17; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 13 - 16. Live specimens dark with a silver cast.

Common Names

  • Bruin dryfvis , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Brown driftfish , English , South Africa
  • Brown driftfish , English , USA
  • Brown driftfish , English , Global
  • Ariomme brune , French , Global
  • Kuro-oomemedai , Japanese , Japan
  • 褐无齿鲳 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 褐無齒鯧 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Falso-carapau-castanho , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Arioma parda , Spanish , Spain
  • Pastorcillo café , Spanish , Mexico

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Scombriformes

    Family: Ariommatidae

    Genus: Ariomma

    Species: Ariomma melana (Ginsburg, 1954)

    Climate Zone

  • bathydemersal

    • Location

  • Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Angola; possibly straying to southern Africa (Ref. 4412). Western Atlantic: New York and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA to Panama (Ref. 7251), [extending to the northern coast of South America according to Ref. 13628], up to Uruguay (Ref. 47377). Not occurring in the West Indies (Ref. 7251).

    • Biology

    Inhabits deep waters, usually on soft bottoms (Ref. 2683). Feeds mainly on small crustaceans (Ref. 3547). Larvae and young are epipelagic, adults demersal or benthopelagic (Ref. 47377).

    Habitat

    bathydemersal