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Astronesthes chrysophekadion (Bleeker, 1849)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 19. AC photopores discontinuous, 6th to 8th or 7th to 9th above level of others. Barbel uniformly black, its base pale; its terminal bulb slightly smaller than PV photophore. No black spot on caudal peduncle.

Common Names

  • Gintokagegisu , Japanese , Japan
  • 金星衫魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 金星衫魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 金星衫鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 金食星魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 金食星鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Stomiiformes

    Family: Stomiidae

    Genus: Astronesthes

    Species: Astronesthes chrysophekadion (Bleeker, 1849)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Indo-West Pacific: reported from several countries from Japan to Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.

    • Biology

    Life cycle and mating behavior

    Habitat

    bathypelagic