Overview
Family : Leptochilichthyids ; Juveniles possibly mesopelagic to bathypelagic .
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Vaillant's Smooth-Head
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
秉氏纖唇魚
Description
Family Leptochilichthyidae
Distribution: Deep-sea ; eastern Atlantic, western Indian, and eastern and western Pacific Oceans. Expanded and toothless maxilla; teeth present on palate and dentary. Long and numerous gill rakers. No shoulder sac apparatus. Branchiostegal rays 13; dorsal fin rays 11-21; anal fin rays 11-18; lateral line scales 47-64; vertebrae 47-58. Maximum length 31 cm. Most common in depths below 1,000 m , but rare and poorly known.The family Leptochilichthyidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Osmeriformes. It contains 1 genus and 3 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Etymology of this family name : Greek, leptos = thin + Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, ichthys = fish
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,496 meters (0 to -18,031 feet).Mean = -1,475.000 meters (-4,839.239 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,437.710 based on 5 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biome: Saltwater . Bathypelagic .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Salmoniformes
()
- Suborder:
Argentinoidei
()
- Family:
Leptochilichthyidae
()
- Leptochilichthyids
- Genus:
Leptochilichthys
()
- (Vaillant, 1886)
- Specific name:
pinguis
- (Vaillant, 1886)
- Scientific name: - Leptochilichthys pinguis (Vaillant, 1886)
- Specific name:
pinguis
- (Vaillant, 1886)
- Genus:
Leptochilichthys
(
- Family:
Leptochilichthyidae
(
- Suborder:
Argentinoidei
(
- Order:
Salmoniformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Anomalopterichthys pinguis (Vaillant, 1886)
- Anomalopterus pinguis Vaillant, 1886
- Leptochilichthys pinguis (Vaillant, 1886)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 22-Jun-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Leptochilichthys
There are approximately 4 species in this genus:
L. agassizi macrops · L. agassizii (Agassiz' Smooth-Head) · L. microlepis · L. pinguis (Vaillant's Smooth-Head)
Bibliography
- Markle, D.F. (1986). Leptochilichthyidae. p. 225-226. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
- Markle, D.F. and Y.I. Sazanov (1990). Leptochilichthyidae. p. 244-245. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Pa
- Nakabo, T., H. Senou and M. Aizawa 1998 New species of Pseudocalliurichthys (Teleostei: Callionymidae) from Iriomote Island, Japan. Copeia 1998(2):451-455.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 8, 2006.
- FishBase
- FishBase 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Kullander, Sven O. (from FishBase).
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2495467
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-27315
- Fishbase Species ID: 9170
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 113706
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 623389
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 115083
