Rouleina attrita

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Rouleina attrita
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Rouleina
Species:
R. attrita
Binomial name
Rouleina attrita
(Vaillant, 1888)
Synonyms [2]
  • Bathytroctes aequatorisGoode & Bean, 1896
  • Bathytroctes attritusVaillant, 1888
  • Bathytroctes mollisKöhler, 1896
  • Caudania mollisKöhler, 1896
  • Rouleina attritusVaillant, 1888
  • Rouleina mollisKöhler, 1896
  • Talismania mollisKöhler, 1896

Rouleina attrita, the softskin smooth-head or softskin slickhead, is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae. [3] [4]

Contents

Its specific name is from the Latin attrīta ("bruised, worn away"), presumably referring to the mutilated or decomposed state of the type specimens. [5]

Description

Rouleina attrita is black, measuring up to 42 cm (17 in). [6] Its upper jaw reaches to behind the eye, and it has a lateral line of 43–48 photophores. [7] It has 43–46 vertebrae. [8] Its scales are deciduous and its skin contains small fluid-filled compartments. [9] Its eyes contain convexiclivate temporal foveae containing densely packed ganglia. [10]

Habitat

Rouleina attrita is engybenthic or bathypelagic, meaning that it swims near the seafloor, living at depths of 450–2,300 m (1,480–7,550 ft). It has been recorded in all non-polar seas. [11] [12]

Behaviour

Its testes are ribbon-like, in convoluted folds but never in discrete lobes. Its eggs are large, up to 3.2 mm (0.13 in) in diameter. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Hulley, P. (2015). "Rouleina attrita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T15149121A15149143. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T15149121A15149143.en . Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. ↑ Bailly, Nicolas (2008). "Rouleina attrita (Vaillant, 1888)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ↑ "Rouleina attrita". fishesofaustralia.net.au.
  4. ↑ Collin, Shaun P.; Marshall, N. Justin (April 8, 2008). Sensory Processing in Aquatic Environments. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   9780387226286 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (10 March 2024). "Family ALEPOCEPHALIDAE Bonaparte 1846 (Slickheads)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  6. ↑ Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   9783642828584 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United (August 1, 2020). Identification guide to the mesopelagic fishes of the central and south east Atlantic Ocean. Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN   9789251330944 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Fishery Bulletin". National Marine Fisheries Service. October 9, 1978 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ McEachran, John; Fechhelm, Janice D. (June 17, 2013). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press. ISBN   9780292757059 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ Cronin, Thomas W.; Johnsen, Sönke; Marshall, N. Justin; Warrant, Eric J. (August 10, 2014). Visual Ecology. Princeton University Press. ISBN   9780691151847 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ "Sport Fishery Abstracts". Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. October 9, 1978 – via Google Books.
  12. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rouleina attrita". FishBase .
  13. ↑ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Softskin smooth-head - Rouleina attrita". species-identification.org.
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