Cataetyx alleni

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Cataetyx alleni
Cataetyx alleni - Image from page 264 of "Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria" (1916).jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Genus: Cataetyx
Species:
C. alleni
Binomial name
Cataetyx alleni
(Byrne, 1906)
Synonyms [2]
  • Cataetyx brevisKoefoed, 1927
  • Cataetyx leucosOsório, 1917
  • Oculospinus brevisKoefoed, 1927
  • Pteridium alleniByrne, 1906

Cataetyx alleni, sometimes called Allen's brotula, is a species of fish in the family Bythitidae (viviparous brotulas). [3] [4] [5]

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Description

Dorsal view Cataetyx alleni - Image from page 260 of "Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria" (1916) - 2.jpg
Dorsal view

Cataetyx alleni is grey, with a maximum length of 12 cm (4.7 in). [6] [7] It has 109–111 dorsal finrays, 79–83 anal finrays, and 31–32 pectoral finrays. [8]

Habitat

Cataetyx alleni is bathydemersal, living at depths of 480–1,000 m (1,570–3,280 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. [9] [10] [11]

Behaviour

Cataetyx alleni reproduces viviparously. [8] It feeds on polychaetes and benthic crustaceans. [9]

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References

  1. Denmark), Jorgen Nielsen (Natural History Museum of; Denmark), Steen Wilhelm Knudsen (Natural History Museum; Franz Uiblein (Institute of Marine Research, Norway) (July 8, 2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Cataetyx alleni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cataetyx alleni (Byrne, 1906)". www.marinespecies.org.
  3. "Acta geologica polonica". Muzeum Ziemi. July 20, 1950 via Google Books.
  4. Priede, Imants G. (August 10, 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9781316033456 via Google Books.
  5. "Biologia marina mediterranea". SIBM. July 20, 2002 via Google Books.
  6. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cataetyx alleni (Byrne, 1906)". www.marinespecies.org.
  7. "Search". www.gbif.org.
  8. 1 2 "Marine Species Identification Portal : Cataetyx alleni". species-identification.org.
  9. 1 2 "Cataetyx alleni". www.fishbase.se.
  10. "Cataetyx alleni (Byrne, 1906)". www.gbif.org.
  11. Griffiths, Huw I.; Kryštufek, Boris; Reed, Jane M. (November 1, 2004). Balkan Biodiversity: Pattern and Process in the European Hotspot. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   9781402028533 via Google Books.