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Summary for Cyclothone microdon Larvae
Veiled anglemouth

Cyclothone  microdon  (Günther, 1878)
Family:	Gonostomatidae (Bristlemouths)			( not available )
Order:	Stomiiformes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
English name:	Veiled anglemouth
Distribution:	Widely distributed in all Atlantic, tropical and austral Indian and Pacific Oceans (Ref. 4463). Southern Ocean: probably circum-Antarctic between the Antarctic Polar Front and the Antarctic continental shelf (Ref. 5162).
Adult biology:	An oceanic, deep mesopelagic to bathypelagic species (Ref. 4769). Precise depth range dependent upon developmental stage, latitude, season (Ref. 4769). Doest not exhibit diel vertical migrations (Ref. 4769). A non-seasonal breeder with no recognizable age-cohorts (Ref. 82363). Feeds mainly on copepods (Ref. 4769).
Diagnosis:	At 5.3 mm ventral row of melanophores with 5-7 not equidistant elements, urostyle upturned. At 12.5 mm a dorso-lateral row. See also LARVAE table.
Climate Zone:	deep-water; 67°N - 45°S
Main Ref:	Bertolini, F., U. D'Ancona, E. Padoa Montalenti, S. Ranzi, L. Sanzo, A. Sparta, E. Tortonese and M. Vialli. 1956. (Ref. 65)
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	Modified: Luna, Susan M.	Entered: Papasissi, Christine

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. urostyle)

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