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

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]

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. 1 2 "Leptostomias gladiator". www.fishbase.de.
  11. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Leptostomias gladiator". species-identification.org.
  12. 1 2 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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