Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Bathy- and mesopelagic (Ref. 75154). Males parasitic on the females (Ref. 559).
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Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley 1989 Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
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Distribution
Circumglobal.
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Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley 1989 Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
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Circumglobal
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Azores Exclusive Economic Zone, European waters (ERMS scope), Gulf of Maine, North West Atlantic
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1411
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Borges, P.A.V., Costa, A., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Gonçalves, V., Martins, A.F., Melo, I., Parente, M., Raposeiro, P., Rodrigues, P., Santos, R.S., Silva, L., Vieira, P. & Vieira, V. (Eds.) (2010). A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. Princípia, Oeiras, 432 pp.
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Physical Description
Morphology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 17
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Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.) 1983 Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p. (Ref. 13608)
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Size
Max. size
11.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 7300)); 20 cm TL (female)
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Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley 1989 Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
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Diagnostic Description
Illicium pigmented except near esca, with 5-14 elongate translucent filaments along entire length, al but distal-most arising from posterior margin (Ref. 13608).
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Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.) 1983 Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p. (Ref. 13608)
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Type Information
Holotype for Caulophryne jordani Goode & Bean
Catalog Number: USNM 39265
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Illustration
Year Collected: 1887
Locality: New York, United States, Atlantic
Depth (m): 2334 to 2334
Vessel: Albatross
Catalog Number: USNM 39265
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Illustration
Year Collected: 1887
Locality: New York, United States, Atlantic
Depth (m): 2334 to 2334
Vessel: Albatross
- Holotype: Goode, G. B. & Bean, T. H. 1896. Special Bulletin of the United States National Museum. No. 2: 496, pl. CXXI, fig. 409.
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 100 - 1510 m (Ref. 5951)
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Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott 1988 Atlantic fishes of Canada. Can. Bull. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 219:731 p. (Ref. 5951)
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nektonic
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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One specimen caught in the Canadian Atlantic waters; found at depths of 100- 1500 m.
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Depth range based on 6 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 6 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 880 - 2334
Temperature range (°C): 2.860 - 8.584
Nitrate (umol/L): 16.838 - 31.962
Salinity (PPS): 34.910 - 35.192
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.059 - 6.479
Phosphate (umol/l): 1.146 - 1.979
Silicate (umol/l): 10.236 - 24.610
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 880 - 2334
Temperature range (°C): 2.860 - 8.584
Nitrate (umol/L): 16.838 - 31.962
Salinity (PPS): 34.910 - 35.192
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.059 - 6.479
Phosphate (umol/l): 1.146 - 1.979
Silicate (umol/l): 10.236 - 24.610
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Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 6 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 880 - 2334
Temperature range (°C): 2.860 - 8.584
Nitrate (umol/L): 16.838 - 31.962
Salinity (PPS): 34.910 - 35.192
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.059 - 6.479
Phosphate (umol/l): 1.146 - 1.979
Silicate (umol/l): 10.236 - 24.610
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 880 - 2334
Temperature range (°C): 2.860 - 8.584
Nitrate (umol/L): 16.838 - 31.962
Salinity (PPS): 34.910 - 35.192
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.059 - 6.479
Phosphate (umol/l): 1.146 - 1.979
Silicate (umol/l): 10.236 - 24.610
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Depth: 100 - 1500m.
From 100 to 1500 meters.
Habitat: bathypelagic. Also mesopelagic (Ref. 7300). Males parasitic on the females (Ref. 559).
From 100 to 1500 meters.
Habitat: bathypelagic. Also mesopelagic (Ref. 7300). Males parasitic on the females (Ref. 559).
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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