Luciosudis normani Fraser-Brunner, 1931
Paperbones

Family:  Notosudidae (Waryfishes)
Max. size:  20.7 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathypelagic; marine; depth range 500 - 800 m
Distribution:  Circumglobal in the temperate and bordering subtropical parts of the southern Atlantic, Indian and western Pacific Oceans, subtropical convergence (Ref. 47377). Larvae found in the western Indian Ocean northward to about 15°S (Ref. 6602).
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-13; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 17-20. Blackish in color; midventral scale row dull silvery (Ref. 6602).
Biology:  Neritic-oceanic, mesopelagic species. May be sexually mature at 18.5 cm SL (Ref. 6552). Synchronous hermaphrodites, ascend to pelagic oceanic water for spawning (Ref. 47377).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 21 May 2013 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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