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Astronesthes lucifer Gilbert, 1905

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 20. AC discontinuous, 2 or 3 photopores ranging from 5th to 8th displaced upward. Barbel distinctly longer than head, its stem speckled with melanophores. A prominent black band extending from ventral to lateral side of caudal peduncle. Attains 12 cm SL.

Common Names

  • Pacific astronesthid fish , English , Australia
  • Pacific astronesthid fish , English , Hawaii
  • Pacific snaggletooth , English , Australia
  • Snaggletooth , English , USA
  • Piikkihammaskala , Finnish , Finland
  • Tokagehadaka , Japanese , Japan
  • Yamorihadaka , Japanese , Japan
  • 井岛星衫鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 井島星衫魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 荧光星衫鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 螢光星衫魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 螢光星衫魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • ломозуб светящийся , Russian , Russia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Stomiiformes

    Family: Stomiidae

    Genus: Astronesthes

    Species: Astronesthes lucifer Gilbert, 1905

    Climate Zone

  • bathypelagic

    • Location

  • Indo-Pacific: Japan, off the Hawaiian Islands, and the Timor Sea. Reported from Taiwan (Ref. 5193), Australia (Ref. 7300), and Yemen (Ref. 28061).

    • Biology

    Found on continental slopes and sea mountains (Ref. 41299). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302).

    Habitat

    bathypelagic