Lestidium nigrirostrum, Australian robust barracudina

Lestidium nigrirostrum Ho, Graham & Russell, 2020

Australian robust barracudina
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Paralepididae (Barracudinas)
Etymology: Lestidium: Related to Greek, lestes = thief + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335); nigrirostrum: Name from Latin 'niger' and 'rostrum', referring to the black snout.

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 280 - 752 m (Ref. 123138). Subtropical

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Southwestern Pacific: Australia.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 33.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123138)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal soft rays: 31 - 34; Vertebrae: 87 - 90. This species in the Lestidium atlanticum species complex is distinguished by the following: complete lateral-line; a simple luminescent duct originating below opercle; differs from its two other congeners in this species complex in having A 31-34; prehaemal vertebrae 35-38 and total vertebrae 87-90; lateral-line ending at caudal fin base, with 142-157 scales; dorsal-fin origin clearly behind tip of adpressed pelvic fin; horizontal distance between origins of pelvic and dorsal fins 5.6-8.5%SL and horizontal distance between origins of pelvic (ventral) and anal fins 28.6-38.6%; lateral-line scales 5-7; vertebrae between pelvic-fin origin and dorsal-fin origin, 4-7. Colouration: dorsal area dark brownish, melanophores extending downward to the lateral-line along its entire upper margin; the anterior portions of snout and lower jaw are blackish; abdomen has a very broad black sub-margin (Ref. 123138).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Ho, H.-C., K. Graham and B. Russell, 2020. Three new species of the barracudina genus Lestidium (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4767(1):71-88. (Ref. 123138)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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