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Lestidium atlanticum Borodin, 1928

Atlantic barracudina
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Namibia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Specimen(s) held at the MFMR.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wa.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.benefit.org.na/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Lestidiidae (Naked barracudinas)
Etymology: Lestidium: Related to Greek, lestes = thief + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Borodin.

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

marina batypelagisk; djupintervall 50 - 1270 m (Ref. 86942).   Deep-water; 46°N - 37°S, 84°W - 155°E

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Point map | Utplanteringar | Faunafri

Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of the three major oceans.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 4056)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 0; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 9 - 10; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 0; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 26 - 30. Body pale with greyish dorsal band; adults with a heavily pigmented caudal peduncle except for the light band along the lateral line (Ref. 4056).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Oceanic species (Ref. 26340) occurring from the surface (young) to about 1,000 m depth (Ref. 4473).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Post, A., 1990. Paralepididae. p. 373-384. 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. 4473)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 June 2013

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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