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Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Maurolicinae
Etymology: Sonoda: Latin, sonus = sound + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 503 - 548 m (Ref. 37473). Deep-water
Western Atlantic: Caribbean sea and Off Nicaragua.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37473)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 8-9;
Anal
soft rays: 22 - 25. Body pale yellowish or whitish, sprinkled with black chromatophores in alcohol. Two long groups of photophores. Branchiostegal rays: 8 (Ref. 37473).
Adults taken in bottom hauls (Ref. 37473).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bigelow, H.B., D.M. Cohen, M.M. Dick, R.H. Gibbs Jr., M. Grey, J.E. Morrow Jr., L.P. Schultz and V. Walters, 1964. Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Part four. New Haven, Sears Found. Mar. Res., Yale Univ. (Ref. 37473)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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