Glossanodon kotakamaru, Kotaka’s argentine

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Glossanodon kotakamaru Endo & Nashida, 2010

Kotaka’s argentine
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Argentiniformes (Marine smelts) > Argentinidae (Argentines or herring smelts)
Etymology: Glossanodon: Greek, glossa = tongue + Greek, anodos = without teeth (Ref. 45335);  kotakamaru: Named for the National Research Institute of Fisheries Science research vessel Kotaka-maru, from which the paratypes and many other scientific specimens from Tosa Bay were collected..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 146 - 300 m (Ref. 84005). Deep-water

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Northwest Pacific: Japan.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.5 cm SL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13; Vertebrae: 49 - 50. This species is unique in having the following set of characters: D 12-13; A 11-13; pectoral-fin rays 21-23; pelvic-fin rays 13-14; branchiostegal rays 5; gill-rakers on first arch 37-40; vertebrae 49-50; small conical teeth on middle of lower jaws 2-4, teeth on tongue and 1-3; predorsal 48-49% SL; prepectoral 29-30% SL; prepelvic 55-56% SL; distance from pelvic to anal-fin origins 30-31% SL; caudal peduncle depth 5.5-5.9%; HL and 29-30% SL; eye diameter 32-33% HL; snout length 33% HL; maxillary depth 12% HL; anus immediately anterior to anal-fin origin; large black blotches on upper and lower opercular region 2; a black longitudinal stripe running dorsal to lateral line; pigmented isthmus to thorax and fin bases; no melanophores externally on chest to anus (Ref. 84005).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs over muddy and sandy bottoms, at depths of about 150-300 m; young specimens collected at 146-234 m (Ref. 84005).

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Endo, H. and K. Nashida, 2010. Glossanodon kotakamaru, a new Argentine fish from southern Japan (Protacanthopterygii: Argentinidae). Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. A, (Suppl. 4):119-127. (Ref. 84005)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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