Photonectes klepadloae

Photonectes klepadloae Prokofiev & Frable, 2021

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Photonectes: Greek, photos = light + Greek, nekton = swimmer (Ref. 45335); klepadloae: Named for Cynthia Klepadlo (1945-2020), former collection manager of the Marine Vertebrates Collection at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA.
Eponymy: Cynthia Klepadlo (1945–2020) was a long-time collection manager at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 660 - 805 m (Ref. 125138). Tropical

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Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaii.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125138)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 17; Anal soft rays: 19; Vertebrae: 49. This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following set of characters: postorbital organ is shifted forward to below the eye; blue luminous tissue on body arranged in two widely spaced interrupted lines between IV photophores and a streak-like patch on each side above 10th to 12th PV photophores; and a pair of stalked photophore-like structures on distal extremity of mental barbel stem (Ref. 125138).
Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Prokofiev, A.M. and B.W. Frable, 2021. A new species of Photonectes from the Pacific Ocean off Oahu, Hawaii with a revised identification fey for the genus (Teleostei: Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae). Ichthyology & Herpetology 109(3) 2021:720-727. (Ref. 125138)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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