Stemonosudis macrura is a species of deep-water marine, bathypelagic fish living at the depth range 18 to 330 m (59 to 1,083 ft),[2] member of the barracudina family Paralepididae. The fish is known to distributed in Indo-Pacific and eastern Pacific Ocean from around Point Conception State Marine Reserve in California in the north to Chile in the south.[3]
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| From the Arabian Sea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Paralepididae |
| Genus: | Stemonosudis |
| Species: | S. macrura
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| Binomial name | |
| Stemonosudis macrura (Ege, 1933)
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Description
editThe reported maximum length an unsexed male was 15 cm (5.9 in).[4] and it has seven to nine soft dorsal rays and 33 to 38 soft anal rays.[5] It is oviparous with planktonic larvae.[5]
Taxonomy
editIt was first formally described in 1933 by Vilhelm Ege.[6]
References
edit- ^ Ho, H. (2020). "Stemonosudis macrura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T123325962A123326481. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T123325962A123326481.en. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ Mundy, B.C. (2005). Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Musium Bullettin of Zoology.
- ^ Ambrose, D.A. "Paralepididae: barracudinas. p. 352-355. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region". California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations. 33: 1505.
- ^ Post, A (1986). Smiths' sea fishes. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
- ^ a b "Stemonosudis macrura (Ege, 1933)". Fishbase. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Stemonosudis macrura (Ege, 1933)". WoRMS taxon details. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
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