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Aulotrachichthys nyx Su, Ho & Lin, 2023

Dark-night luminous roughy
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Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) > Trachichthyidae (Slimeheads)
Etymology: Aulotrachichthys: Greek, aulos = flute + Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough;  nyx: Named after Nyx, the Greek goddess of night, referring to its overall darker appearance than its congeners; noun in apposition..

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

seewasser bathypelagisch; tiefenbereich 195 - 200 m (Ref. 129295). Subtropical

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Point map | Einführungen | Faunafri

Northwest Pacific: eastern Taiwan.

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.3 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 129295)

Kurzbeschreibung Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie

Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 5; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 13; Afterflossenstacheln: 3; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 8; Wirbelzahl: 27. This species is disinguished from its congeners by having the following set of characters: striated area extending posteriorly, slightly beyond middle point on the caudal peduncle, its length 66.7% caudal-peduncle length; D V,13; A III,8; gill rakers on first gill arch 6 + 1 + 14 = 21; abdominal scutes 9; lateral-scale rows 58; body height 34.1% SL; pelvic-fin-anal-fin length 30.3% SL; forehead height 2 4.1% SL; pectoral-fin length 18.1% SL; dorsal-fin-anal-fin length 42.6% SL; dorsal-fin length 35.3% SL; postdorsal length 29.6% SL; length between the end of the anal-fin base to the end of the striated area (A-SA length), 12.4% SL. Colouration: body overall dark-brown, with chest, isthmus, and abdominal scutes uniformly black, and a distinct black vertical line along caudal-fin base (Ref, 129295),

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Fortpflanzung | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven

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Su, Y., H.-C. Ho and H.-C. Lin, 2023. A new luminous roughy fish from northeastern Taiwan, with comments on congeners in Taiwan (Trachichthyidae: Aulotrachichthys). J. Vertebr. Biol. 72(23060):1-15. (Ref. 129295)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)


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