Lestidium longilucifer, Long light-organ barracudina

Lestidium longilucifer Ho, Graham & Russell, 2020

Long light-organ barracudina
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Paralepididae (Barracudinas)
Etymology: Lestidium: Related to Greek, lestes = thief + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335); longilucifer: Name from Latin 'longus' and 'lucifer', referring to the long luminescent duct that extends well forward of the eye.

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

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 298 - 320 m (Ref. 123138). Tropical

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Western Pacific: northwestern Australia and southern Taiwan.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123138)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal soft rays: 28 - 30; Vertebrae: 85 - 88. This species in the Lestidium atlanticum species complex is distinguished by the following: with a luminescent duct extending beyond the anterior margin of the eye; with prehaema vertebrae 41-43; predorsal vertebrae 38-40; prepelvic vertebrae 37-39; preanal vertebrae 56-59; total vertebrae 85-88; total lateral-line scales 126-146; relatively short jaws (Ref. 123138).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Ho, H.-C., K. Graham and B. Russell, 2020. Three new species of the barracudina genus Lestidium (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4767(1):71-88. (Ref. 123138)

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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