Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 23; Anal soft rays: 24 - 29. Body moderately elongate and slender. Chin barbel bearing club-shaped bulb (Ref. 37039).

Common Names

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Loosejaw , English , Cuba

Loosejaw , English , Azores Is.

蒂氏奇巨口魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

蒂氏奇巨口鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Mandibulón delgado , Spanish , Cuba

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Stomiiformes

Family: Stomiidae

Genus: Aristostomias

Species: Aristostomias tittmanni Welsh, 1923

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Eastern Atlantic: Azores. Western Atlantic: Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Southeast Pacific: off Chile.

Biology

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Meso- and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302).

Habitat

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bathypelagic