Dolichopteryx longipes

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Barreleyes or spookfishes ; Oceanic and mesopelagic species [1]. Taken regularly at depths shallower than 458 m , with scientific deep-sea fishing gear . Feed mainly on small crustaceans, particularly copepods [2]. Oviparous , with planktonic larvae [3] and eggs [1]. Paedomorphic [3].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

May be found at depths of 500 to 1000 meters.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,299 meters (0 to -17,385 feet).[4]

Biome: Marine .

Biology

Migration

Oceanodromous .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Aulostoma longipes • Aulostoma longipes Vaillant • Aulostoma longipes Vaillant, 1888 • Dolichopteryx longipes

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 18-Mar-1999

Similar Species

Members of the genus Dolichopteryx

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:

D. longipes (Brown-Snout Spookfish) · D. parini (Winged Spookfish)

More Info

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Further Reading

• ... The genera of fishes. .. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif., The University, 1917-1920. url p. 492.
• Breviora. 1999 Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, [1952- url p. 6.
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 302.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 143, p. 239.
• Discovery reports. London; Cambridge University Press. url p. 271.
• Fishery bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. url p. 639, p. 688.
• Ichthyoplankton and station data for California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations survey cruises in. .. [La Jolla, Calif.?]: National Marine Fisheries Service, 1987- url p. 214, p. 57, p. 6, p. 61.
• Oceanus. Woods Hole, Mass., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution url p. 41.
• Ontogeny and systematics of fishes: based on an international symposium dedicated to the memory of Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom / sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Dept. of Commerce. [New York?]: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, c1984. url p. 156.
• The distribution of fishes found below a depth of 2000 meters. 36 1956 (Chicago)Chicago Natural History Museum, 1956. url p. 90.
• The genera of fishes. ..: A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1917-1920. url p. 492.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
• McCosker, John (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: MAR-ECO
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-27304
• Fishbase Species ID: 9121
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13759163
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 162103
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 109509

Footnotes

1. Cohen, D.M. (1984). Opisthoproctidae. p. 395-398. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, Volume 1. Unesco, Paris. [back]
2. Fitch, J.E. and R.J. Lavenberg (1968). Deep-water teleostean fishes of California. California Natural History Guides: 25. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California. 115 p. [back]
3. Moser, H.G. (1996). Opisthoproctidae: spookfishes. p. 215-223. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505p. [back]
4. Mean = -2,773.210 meters (-9,098.458 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,735.570 based on 33 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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