Black-belly barracudina
📖 Overview
Collected by midwater trawl from surface to 532 meters, suggesting that it is a mesopelagic species that may have diurnal vertical migration. Stomach contents have myctophids or other pelagic fishes such as Bregmaceros spp. rather than sakura shrimps (Lucensosergia lucens) .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 41 - 43; Vertebrae: 94 - 98. This species is distinguished by the following characters: a relatively slender body, its body depth 15-19 times in SL; dorsal-fin origin at about midline of distance between the origins of pelvic and anal fins (V-A), the distance between the origins of pelvic and dorsal fins (V-D) 46.8-55.0% of V–A; pelvic-fin origin (VFO) at or slightly behind the midline of the fish, the prepelvic length 50.6-53.2% SL; vertebrae: prehaemal 32-35, prepelvic 33-35, preanal 53-57, caudal 60-66, total 94-98; lateral-line scales 75-81; the abdomen ridge with broad black margin .Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Black-belly barracudina is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Black-belly barracudina is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Black-belly barracudina is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 532 m . Deep-water
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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