Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 16. Black in color, pale luminous patches on middle of snout and along front of upper jaw (Ref. 3982). Pale luminous patches develop with growth on shoulder and on lower sides between pectoral and pelvic fins below dorsal (Ref. 3982). Body moderately elongate and slender, maxillary teeth comblike. Serial photophores are not broken into small groups (Ref. 37039).

Common Names

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Zwarte snaveltand , Dutch , Netherlands

Black snaggletooth , English , Netherlands

Snaggletooth , English , Azores Is.

Must roigashammas , Estonian , Estonia

Schwarzer Sternenfresser , German , Germany

費氏巨口魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

费氏巨口鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黑星衫魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黑星衫鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Stomiiformes

Family: Stomiidae

Genus: Astronesthes

Species: Astronesthes niger Richardson, 1845

Climate Zone

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bathypelagic

Location

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Atlantic Ocean: through most of the Atlantic, from about 43°N to 36°S, but absent in the west from 5°N to 20°S. Elsewhere, Indian Ocean.

Biology

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An oceanic and mesopelagic species usually found deeper than 500 m during the day. Feeds on midwater fishes and crustaceans. Most common species taken in surface nets at night (Ref. 2802).

Habitat

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bathypelagic