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Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Maurolicinae
Etymology: Sonoda: Latin, sonus = sound + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Pearl Mitsu Sonoda (1918–2015) was a largely self-taught naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
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
Identification keys | 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: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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