Notacanthus arrontei

Notacanthus arrontei Bañón, Barros-García, Baldó, Cojan & Carlos, 2024

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Notacanthiformes (Halosaurs and deep-sea spiny eels) > Notacanthidae (Deep-sea spiny eels)
Etymology: Notacanthus: Greek, noton = back + Greek, akantha = thorn (Ref. 45335); arrontei: Named for Juan Carlos Arronte of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC), a long-time colleague and collaborator in numerous scientific surveys and taxonomic studies.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 670 - 927 m (Ref. 130977). Tropical

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Atlantic: Gulf of Cadiz and Galician waters.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 130977)

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This species is distinguished by the following characters: head and body strongly compressed; mouth small and inferior; dorsal fin composed of short, isolated spines; long-based anal fin, grading from spines anteriorly to soft trays posteriorly; minute, adherent cycloid scales; small teeth on the premaxillae, palatines, and dentaries, none on the maxillae; gill membranes united to each other and not connected to the isthmus by a frenum; gill rakers well-developed (Ref. 130977).
Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Bañón, R., D. Barros-García, F. Baldó, M. Cojan and A. de Carlos, 2024. Unveiling taxonomic diversity in the deep-sea fish genus Notacanthus (Notacanthiformes: Notacanthidae) with description of Notacanthus arrontei n. sp. J. Fish Biol.: [1-14]. (Ref. 130977)

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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Fisheries: of no interest
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