Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 27. Series of luminous dots running backward from area between eye and postorbital luminous organ; barbel ending in a poorly defined, slightly thickened terminal part (Ref. 13608).

Common Names

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Agonukehoshieso , Japanese , Japan

格氏奇巨口魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

格氏奇巨口鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Mandibulón barbudo , Spanish , Cuba

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Stomiiformes

Family: Stomiidae

Genus: Aristostomias

Species: Aristostomias grimaldii Zugmayer, 1913

Climate Zone

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bathypelagic

Location

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Eastern Atlantic: one record at 30°45'40"N, 25°47'W. Western Atlantic: between 35°and 6°N, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; one record 34°S, 49°W (Ref. 6684). Indian Ocean: at 15°S. Western Pacific: north of western New Guinea, record at 22°N 172°E. Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands.

Biology

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Mesopelagic species (Ref. 27000). Also Ref. 58302.

Habitat

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bathypelagic