| Family: |
Lestidiidae (Naked barracudinas) |
| Max. size: |
24.9 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 532 m |
| Distribution: |
Northwestern Pacific: Japan and Taiwan; maybe widespread. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal soft rays: 41-43; Vertebrae: 94-98. This species is distinguished by the following characters: a relatively slender body, its body depth 15-19 times in SL; dorsal-fin origin at about midline of distance between the origins of pelvic and anal fins (V-A), the distance between the origins of pelvic and dorsal fins (V-D) 46.8-55.0% of V–A; pelvic-fin origin (VFO) at or slightly behind the midline of the fish, the prepelvic length 50.6-53.2% SL; vertebrae: prehaemal 32-35, prepelvic 33-35, preanal 53-57, caudal 60-66, total 94-98; lateral-line scales 75-81; the abdomen ridge with broad black margin (Ref. 121637). |
| Biology: |
Collected by midwater trawl from surface to 532 meters, suggesting that it is a mesopelagic species that may have diurnal vertical migration. Stomach contents have myctophids or other pelagic fishes such as Bregmaceros spp. rather than sakura shrimps (Lucensosergia lucens) (Ref. 121637). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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