Leptostomias gladiator

Leptostomias gladiator is a species of fish in the family Stomiidae (barbeled dragonfish).[3][4][5] It is sometimes called the scaleless dragonfish, but that name is shared with many other species.[6][7]

Leptostomias gladiator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Stomiidae
Genus: Leptostomias
Species:
L. gladiator
Binomial name
Leptostomias gladiator
(Zugmayer, 1911)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptostomias problematicus Parr, 1927
  • Leptostomias ramosus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Melanostomias gladiator Zugmayer, 1911
  • Melanostomias problematicus Parr, 1927
  • Melanostomias ramosus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Nematostomias gladiator Zugmayer, 1911

Description

Leptostomias gladiator has a slender body, blackish brown to deep black.[8] The bulb of its barbel is creamy yellow, and its photophores are violet. Its length is maximum 37.3 cm (14.7 in).[9] It has 19–22 dorsal soft rays and 23–29 anal soft rays.[10][11] It has 77 vertebrae.[12]

Habitat

Leptostomias gladiator lives in non-polar oceans worldwide.[13] It is bathypelagic, living at depths up to 5,000 m (3.1 mi).[10]

Behaviour

Leptostomias gladiator eats lanternfish.[12]

References
  1. Harold, Anthony (July 15, 2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Leptostomias gladiator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Molva macrophthalma (Rafinesque, 1810)". www.marinespecies.org.
  3. "Collected Reprints". The Center. August 31, 1987 – via Google Books.
  4. Bigelow, Henry B.; Cohen, Daniel M.; Dick, Myvanwy M.; Jr, Robert H. Gibbs; Grey, Marion; Jr, James E. Morrow; Schultz, Leonard P.; Walters, Vladimir (October 23, 2018). Soft-rayed Bony Fishes: Orders Isospondyli and Giganturoidei: Part 4. Yale University Press. ISBN 9781933789279 – via Google Books.
  5. "Taxonomy browser (Leptostomias gladiator)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  6. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leptostomias gladiator (Zugmayer, 1911)". www.marinespecies.org.
  7. "Leptostomias gladiator - (Zugmayer, 1911)". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
  8. Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642828584 – via Google Books.
  9. Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United (August 1, 2020). Identification guide to the mesopelagic fishes of the central and south east Atlantic Ocean. Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 9789251330944 – via Google Books.
  10. "Leptostomias gladiator". www.fishbase.de.
  11. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Leptostomias gladiator". species-identification.org.
  12. McEachran, John; Fechhelm, Janice D. (June 17, 2013). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292757059 – via Google Books.
  13. "Leptostomias gladiator (Zugmayer, 1911)". www.gbif.org.
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