FB-11780 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=11780 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Acropomatiformes Howellidae Howella Howella brodiei Ogilby, 1899 Spothead dragonfish Kanten-hoshi-eso 少灯黑巨口鱼 少燈黑巨口魚 Melanostomias paucilaternatus Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978 1994-07-18 2020-03-15 Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino0 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559) Gibbs, R.H. Jr.0 Melanostomiidae. p. 236-243. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3984) Gibbs, R.H. and M.A. Barnett0 Melanostomiidae. p. 308-337. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4468) Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley0 Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. 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(Ref. 75154) Patzner, R.A.0 Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p. (Ref. 101194) Saks, L.0 Estonian Common Names, Rank 2. Personal communication (Ref. 116654) Sutton, T.T., P.A. Hulley, R. Wienerroither, D. Zaera-Perez and J.R. Paxton0 Identification guide to the mesopelagic fishes of the central and south east Atlantic Ocean. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. Rome: FAO, xvi+327 p. (Ref. 123424) FB-GeneralDescr-11781 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Liza Q. Agustin 1994-07-19 00:00:00 2008-10-22 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=11781 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Mesopelagic species (Ref. 75154). Gibbs, R.H. and M.A. Barnett 1990 Melanostomiidae. p. 308-337. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4468) FB-Morphology-11781 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1996-12-03 00:00:00 1996-12-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=11781 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 16; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 16 - 18 Gibbs, R.H. Jr. 1986 Melanostomiidae. p. 236-243. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3984) FB-Distribution-11781 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Liza Q. Agustin 1994-07-19 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=11781 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration South Atlantic: known only from two locations, 18°S,14°W and 27°S,3°E. Also known in the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific. Gibbs, R.H. and M.A. Barnett 1990 Melanostomiidae. p. 308-337. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4468) FB-Size-11781 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Liza Q. Agustin 1994-07-19 00:00:00 2008-10-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=11781 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 20.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4468)) Gibbs, R.H. and M.A. Barnett 1990 Melanostomiidae. p. 308-337. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4468) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-11781 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Liza Q. Agustin 1994-07-19 00:00:00 2008-10-22 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=11781 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat pelagic-oceanic; marine; depth range ? - 1000 m (Ref. 58018) Bogutskaya, N.G. 2007 Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes. Unpublished dbf file. 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