Polymixia melanostoma, Black-mouth beardfish

Polymixia melanostoma Fan, Su, Lin, Chang & Lin, 2024

Black-mouth beardfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Polymixiiformes (Beardfishes) > Polymixiidae (Beardfishes)
Etymology: Polymixia: Greek, poly = a lot of + Greek, myxos = mucus (Ref. 45335); melanostoma: Name from Greek words 'melano' and 'stoma', meaning 'black mouth', referring to its unique black oral cavity.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 765 - 778 m (Ref. 132970). Tropical

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Western Pacific: Taiwan and New Caledonia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 132970)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 35 - 37; Anal spines: 4; Anal soft rays: 14 - 16; Vertebrae: 29. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: D IV-V,35-37; gill rakers on the outer face of first gill arch 3+1+6=10; scales row between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line vertically 6-8 and posteriorly 12-14; pyloric caeca 40; snout is rounded, with the surface rough and gelatinous, its tip evidently protrude anterior margin of premaxilla; ctenii on body scales arranged in wedge shape, forming three rows; fourth anal-fin spine long, 1.0-1.2 in eye diameter; dorsal-fin is long, 49.6-53.0% SL; oral-branchial cavity, not including the underside of tongue, black (Ref. 132970).
Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Fan, Y.-C., Y. Su, C.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chang and H.-C. Lin, 2024. Polymixia melanostoma, a new beardfish from the western Pacific (Teleostei, Polymixiiformes, Polymixiidae). ZooKeys 1220:105-121. (Ref. 132970)

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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