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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Aulopiformes (Grinners) >
Paralepididae (Barracudinas)
Etymology: Stemonosudis: Greek, stemon, -onos = warp, weft + Latin, sudis = esox, fish of the Rhine, cited by Plinius 9.15; it also means "stake" (Ref. 45335); multifasciata: Named dor its diagnostic character of many saddles on dorsal and ventral margins of body.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 329 - 332 m (Ref. 121607). Tropical
Indo-Pacific Ocean: Arafura Sea and Andaman Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 121607)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal soft rays: 32 - 35; Vertebrae: 93 - 95. This species of the S. rothschildi species complex is distinguished by the following characters: dorsum with 16 saddles, 10 before dorsal-fin origin (DFO); caudal vertebrae 49-51, total vertebrae 93-95; vertebrae between pelvic-fin origin and DFO 8-11; DFO is relatively forward in position, predorsal length 71.8-73.6% SL, horizontal distance between origins of pelvic and dorsal fins (V-D) 52.3-63.0% horizontal distance between origins of pelvic and anal fins (V-A); upper jaw 41.8-43.8% HL, lower jaw 55.8–62.5% (Ref. 121607).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ho, H.-C., B. Russell, K. Graham and P.N. Psomadakis, 2019. Review of the Stemonosudis rothschildi species complex, with descriptions of two new species from the Indo-west Pacific Ocean (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae). Zootaxa 4702(1):216-229. (Ref. 121607)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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