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Paralepididae (Barracudinas)
Etymology: Stemonosudis: Greek, stemon, -onos = warp, weft + Latin, sudis = esox, fish of the Rhine, cited by Plinius 9.15; it also means "stake" (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 352 - 712 m (Ref. 121607). Deep-water
Circumglobal, tropical seas; including Hawaii, but not in the eastern Pacific.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 9-10;
Anal
soft rays: 32 - 35;
Vertebrae: 89 - 92. This species is distinguished by the following characters; a relatively moderately slender body, both depth 15.9-18.8 in SL; presence of 5 saddles on dorsum before dorsal-fin origin and 3 on abdominal margin before pelvic-fin origin; prepelvic vertebrae 39-41, predorsal 50-52; 9-13 vertebrae in horizontal distance between origins of pelvic and dorsal fins; lateral-line scales before pelvic 39-41 and berfore dorsal 50-52 (Ref. 121607).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ho, H.-C., B. Russell, K. Graham and P.N. Psomadakis, 2019. Review of the Stemonosudis rothschildi species complex, with descriptions of two new species from the Indo-west Pacific Ocean (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae). Zootaxa 4702(1):216-229. (Ref. 121607)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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