Sharpchin barracudina

Sharpchin barracudina
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	Paralepididae
Genus:	Paralepis
Species:	P. coregonoides
Binomial name
Paralepis coregonoides (Risso, 1820)
Synonyms [2]
Paralepis barracudinaFowler & Phillips, 1910 Paralepis borealisReinhardt, 1837 Paralepis coregonoides borealisReinhardt, 1837 Paralepis coregonoides coregonoidesRisso, 1820 Sudis coregonoidesRisso, 1820

The sharpchin barracudina (Paralepis coregonoides) is a species of fish in the family Paralepididae (barracudinas). ^{[1] [3] [4] [5]}

Description

Drawing of sharpchin barracudina (bottom)

The sharpchin barracudina has a body up to 30 cm (12 in) long, brownish in colour, lighter below. It has 67–73 vertebrae The dorsal fin is well behind the midpoint; the anal fin is far back, with 22–24 finrays. ^{[6] [7]}

Habitat

The sharpchin barracudina is bathypelagic and oceanodromous, living in the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea at depths of 50–600 m (160–1,970 ft), occasionally below 1,000 m (3,300 ft). ^{[1] [8] [9]}

Behaviour

The sharpchin barracudina feeds on fish and crustaceans. It spawns in March to September. ^[10] It is eaten by tuna, cod, lancetfish, Atlantic salmon and seals. ^[2]

References

1. Moore, J.; Polanco Fernandez, A. (2019). "Paralepis coregonoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T194999A129873622. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T194999A129873622.en . Retrieved 29 July 2021.
2. "Paralepis coregonoides Risso, 1820". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
3. Ege, Vilhelm (July 16, 1953). "Paralepididae I (Paralepsis and Lestidium: Taxonomy, Ontogeny, Phylogeny and Distribution". A. Høst – via Google Books.
4. "Report". A.F. Høst. July 16, 1931 – via Google Books.
5. "The Zoology of Iceland". Levin & Munksgaard, E. Munksgaard. July 16, 1952 – via Google Books.
6. "Marine Species Identification Portal: Paralepis coregonoides". species-identification.org.
7. Anderson, William W.; Berry, Frederick H.; Böhlke, James E.; Bolin, Rolf L.; Gehringer, Jack W.; Jr, Robert H. Gibbs; Gosline, William A.; Marshall, N. B.; Mead, Giles W.; Rofen, Robert R.; Wilimovsky, Norman J. (October 23, 2018). Orders Iniomi and Lyomeri: Part 5. Yale University Press. ISBN   978-1-933789-28-6 – via Google Books.
8. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paralepis coregonoides". FishBase . June 2021 version.
9. Jordan, David Starr; Evermann, Barton Warren; Clark, Howard Walton (July 16, 1955). "Check List of the Fishes and Fishlike Vertebrates of North and Middle America North of the Northern Boundary of Venezuela and Colombia". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
10. "Paralepis coregonoides: Barracudina | NBN Atlas". species.nbnatlas.org.