Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 18 - 20. No large luminous patch on opercular bones. Body uniformly black. AC photopores forming a continuous, but distinctly arched line. IP and the anterior PV forming a straight line. Maxillary teeth 20 to 21. Barbel with bulb bearing several filaments.

Common Names

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Splendid snaggletooth , English , Australia

Fusa-kurotokagegisu , Japanese , Japan

丝球星衫鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

絲球星衫魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Stomiiformes

Family: Stomiidae

Genus: Astronesthes

Species: Astronesthes splendidus Brauer, 1902

Climate Zone

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bathypelagic

Location

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Indo-Pacific.

Biology

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Epi- and mesopelagic (Ref. 58302).

Habitat

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bathypelagic