Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Catalan:
Serp espinosa
Common Names in Croatian:
Šiljorepan
Common Names in Czech:
Ostnohřbetec bonapartův
Common Names in Danish:
Bonapartes Pig, Bonapartes pigål
Common Names in English:
Bonapart´s Spiny Eel, Bonapart's spiny eel, Shortfin spiny eel
Common Names in German:
Bonaparts Dornaal
Common Names in Icelandic:
Sm, Smábroddabakur
Common Names in Italian:
Notacanto
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
波氏背棘魚, 波氏背棘鱼
Common Names in Spanish:
Anguila de Bonaparte
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,485 meters (0 to -14,715 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Biology
Diet
Feeds on sessile and motile invertebrates such as bryozoans , ophiuroids, amphipods and sponges.
Reproduction
Spawns in June-July in the Mediterranean. Sexually dimorphic , males generally smaller and with enlarged nasal rosettes [2].
Behavior
Hovers and swims along at slight head-down angle . Often caught in large numbers and possibly gregarious .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. 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
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Elopomorpha
()
- Greenwood et al., 1966
- Order:
Notacanthiformes
()
- Family:
Notacanthidae
()
- Genus:
Notacanthus
()
- Bloch, 1788
- Specific name:
bonaparte
- Risso, 1840
- Scientific name: - Notacanthus bonaparte Risso, 1840
- Specific name:
bonaparte
- Risso, 1840
- Genus:
Notacanthus
(
- Family:
Notacanthidae
(
- Order:
Notacanthiformes
(
- Cohort:
Elopomorpha
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Notacanthus bonapartei • Notacanthus bonapartei Risso • Notacanthus bonapartei Risso, 1840 • Notacanthus mediterraneus De Filippi & Verany
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 24-Aug-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Notacanthus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
N. bonaparte (Bonapart´s Spiny Eel) · N. challengeri (Longnose Tapirfish) · N. chemnitz (Spiny Eel) · N. chemnitzi (Largescale Tapirfish) · N. chemnitzii (Cosmopolitan Spineback) · N. sexspinis (Southern Spineback)
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Further Reading
- Haedrich, R.L. and N.R. Merrett (1988). Summary atlas of deep-living demersal fishes in the North Atlantic Basin. Journal of Natural History 22:1325-1362.
- Jonsson, G. (1992). Islenskir fiskar. Fiolvi, Reykjavik, 568 pp.
- Nielsen, J.G. and E. Bertelsen (1992). Fisk i grønlandske farvande. Atuakkiorfik, Nuuk. 65 s.
- Sulak, K.J. (1986). Notacanthidae. p. 599-603. 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. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 2.
- Sulak, K.J. (1990). Notacanthidae. p. 133-135. 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, Paris. Vol. 1.
- Swaby, S.E. and G.W. Potts (1990). Rare British marine fishes - identification and conservation. J. Fish Biol. 37 (Suppl. A):133-143.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 20, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Atlantic Reference Centre
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 163328
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-33139
- Fishbase Species ID: 9021
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13549936
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 635871
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 118194
Footnotes
- Mean = -1,132.970 meters (-3,717.093 feet), Standard Deviation = 936.750 based on 197 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Sulak, K.J. (1990). Notacanthidae. p. 133-135. 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, Paris. Vol. 1. [back]
