Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13 - 17; Vertebrae: 48 - 49. A large luminous patch on opercular bones. Body uniformly black; its color pink in fresh condition, but whitish when preserved. AC continuous, almost in a straight line. Serial photopores numerous. IV with a prominent bend toward pectoral base. Barbel about as long as head in males, but minute in females.

Common Names

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Kurotokagegisu , Japanese , Japan

Nise-kuro-tokagegisu , Japanese , Japan

蓝黑星衫鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

藍黑星衫魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Stomiiformes

Family: Stomiidae

Genus: Astronesthes

Species: Astronesthes cyaneus (Brauer, 1902)

Climate Zone

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bathypelagic

Location

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Indo-West Pacific: northern Madagascar to adjacent waters of the Ogasawara Islands and adjacent waters of the Hawaiian Islands. Also reported from the Philippine Sea.

Biology

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Mesopelagic (Ref. 58302).

Habitat

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bathypelagic