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Cyclothone alba
Cyclothone alba Brauer, 1906
Bristlemouth
Cyclothone alba
photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Family:  Gonostomatidae (Bristlemouths)
Max. size:  5.6 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathypelagic; marine; depth range 25 - 4938 m
Distribution:  Circumglobal. Atlantic Ocean: scattered records from Iceland (Ref. 12462) to the tropical region (Ref. 4769); off Saldanha, South Africa (Ref. 3991). Western Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559), Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6993), Australia (Ref. 7300). Southeast Pacific: Peru (Ref. 45845). South China Sea (Ref.74511)
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-15; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 17-20
Biology:  Oceanic (Ref. 4769). Mesopelagic (Ref. 58302, 75154) and bathypelagic (Ref. 5951). Does not exhibit diel vertical migrations (Ref. 4769). Lipid content is 5.3 % in fresh body weight and wax ester is 54.0 % in total lipids (Ref. 9193).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 18 May 2012 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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