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Summary for Dolicholagus longirostris Larvae
Longsnout blacksmelt

Dolicholagus  longirostris  (Maul, 1948)
Family:	Bathylagidae (Deep-sea smelts)			( not available )
Order:	Osmeriformes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
English name:	Longsnout blacksmelt
Distribution:	Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical seas. Eastern Atlantic: south of Portugal to Madeira. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 27768). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). Northwest Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559). Southwest Pacific: New Zealand (Ref. 5755). Eastern Pacific: California Current region (Ref. 35604).
Adult biology:	Mesopelagic (Ref. 58302). Usually caught in small aggregations (Ref. 6345). Exhibits daily vertical migrations (Ref. 6345). Feeds on plankton (Ref. 6345).
Diagnosis:	Extremely long eye stalks, average 53% HL in preflexion and flexion stages, decreasing in postflexion stage; heavy pigment series on gut and myomeres. Pigmentation: Preflexion: lateral gut series becomes subdivided (series of 4-5 on terminal section, 8-12 on hindgut, up to about 12 on foregut); patch on opercle; series of 3 lateral to liver; series of 3 embedded at isthmus; on lower jaw; subocular, from jaw to opercle; series on hypaxial myomeres from pectoral fin to caudal fin; below tip of notochord. Flexion-postflexion: hind- and foregut series increase to 12-15; series on hypaxial myomeres along entire body in late postflexion stage; on snout; on anterior surface of pectoral fin base. Transformation: several per myomere in epaxial and hypaxial series. Sequence of fin development: caudal, anal, pectorals, dorsal and pelvics. See also LARVAE table.
Climate Zone:	deep-water; 39°N - 21°S
Main Ref:	Moser, H.G. and E.H. Ahlstrom. 1996. (Ref. 35604)
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	Modified: Luna, Susan M.	Entered: Garilao, Cristina V.

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

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