Leptostomias gladiator

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Leptostomias gladiator
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Stomiidae
Genus: Leptostomias
Species:
L. gladiator
Binomial name
Leptostomias gladiator
(Zugmayer, 1911)
Synonyms [2]
  • Leptostomias problematicusParr, 1927
  • Leptostomias ramosusRegan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Melanostomias gladiatorZugmayer, 1911
  • Melanostomias problematicusParr, 1927
  • Melanostomias ramosusRegan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Nematostomias gladiatorZugmayer, 1911

Leptostomias gladiator is a species of fish in the family Stomiidae (barbeled dragonfish). [3] [4] [5] It is sometimes called the scaleless dragonfish, but that name is shared with many other species. [6] [7]

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Description

Leptostomias gladiator has a slender body, blackish brown to deep black. [8] The bulb of its barbel is creamy yellow, and its photophores are violet. Its length is maximum 37.3 cm (14.7 in). [9] It has 19–22 dorsal soft rays and 23–29 anal soft rays. [10] [11] It has 77 vertebrae. [12]

Habitat

Leptostomias gladiator lives in non-polar oceans worldwide. [13] It is bathypelagic, living at depths up to 5,000 m (3.1 mi). [10]

Behaviour

Leptostomias gladiator eats lanternfish. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Harold, Anthony (July 15, 2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Leptostomias gladiator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Molva macrophthalma (Rafinesque, 1810)". www.marinespecies.org.
  3. ↑ "Collected Reprints". The Center. August 31, 1987 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Bigelow, Henry B.; Cohen, Daniel M.; Dick, Myvanwy M.; Jr, Robert H. Gibbs; Grey, Marion; Jr, James E. Morrow; Schultz, Leonard P.; Walters, Vladimir (October 23, 2018). Soft-rayed Bony Fishes: Orders Isospondyli and Giganturoidei: Part 4. Yale University Press. ISBN   9781933789279 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Taxonomy browser (Leptostomias gladiator)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  6. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leptostomias gladiator (Zugmayer, 1911)". www.marinespecies.org.
  7. ↑ "Leptostomias gladiator - (Zugmayer, 1911)". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
  8. ↑ Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   9783642828584 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. 1 2 "Leptostomias gladiator". www.fishbase.de.
  11. ↑ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Leptostomias gladiator". species-identification.org.
  12. 1 2 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.
  13. ↑ "Leptostomias gladiator (Zugmayer, 1911)". www.gbif.org.


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