Photonectes litvinovi

Photonectes litvinovi Prokofiev, 2014

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Photonectes: Greek, photos = light + Greek, nekton = swimmer (Ref. 45335); litvinovi: Named for Fedor Fedorovich Litvinov (1954-2011).
Eponymy: Dr Feodor Fedorovich Litvinov (1954–2011) was a Russian ichthyologist and fisheries expert at the Atlantic Scientific Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Kaliningrad, Russia, where he was Senior Scientist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 1000 m (Ref. 123293). Deep-water

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Western Central Pacific: Molucca Sea (Indonesia).

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123293)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 15; Anal soft rays: 18. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D 15, A 18, V 7; short chin barbel (less than half the head length); no luminous organs inside the mouth on the lower jaw; with 35 photophores of series IV; mixed-size teeth in jaws; snout extremely short (Ref. 123293).
Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Prokofiev, A.M., 2014. New and rare species of deepsea pelagic fishes of families Opisthoproctidae, Melanostomiidae, Oneirodidae, and Linophrynidae. J. Ichthyol. 54(6):377-383. (Ref. 123293)

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

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 15 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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