Chiasmodon pluriradiatus

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Chiasmodon pluriradiatus Parr, 1933

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Chiasmodontidae (Snaketooth fishes)
Etymology: Chiasmodon: Name from the Greek 'chiasmos' which means diagonally arranged, and 'odous' for tooth or teeth.;  pluriradiatus: Named for Robert James Lavenberg, American ichthyologist..

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

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 230 - 1600 m (Ref. 82429). Deep-water

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Atlantic, Indian, Southest Pacific, tropical Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, from 32°N-11°S, 20°W-77°W; in the western Indian from 12°S-32°S, 60°W-58°E; in the southern Pacific from 25°S-38°S, 167°W-179°E

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 82429)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Vertebrae: 44 - 45. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the number of pectoral-fin rays 15-16 (vs. 12-14); fangs on premaxillary head 2 (vs. 1); with tiny dermal spinules on body of specimens larger than 48.7 mm present (vs. absent); it further differs from C. asper by supraorbital canal pores 8 (vs. 9) (Ref. 82429).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in the meso- to bathypelagic zones, with adults more frequently collected below 900 m (Ref. 82429).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Paxton, John | Collaborators

Prokofiev, A.M., 2008. Two new species of swallowerfishes of the genera Chaismodon and Kali (Chiasmodontidae). J. Ichthyol. 48(3):209-216. (Ref. 76904)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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