Biology:Barathronus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Barathronus
Barathronus bicolor.jpg
Barathronus bicolor
Barathronus parfaiti.jpg
Barathronus parfaiti
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Aphyonidae
Genus: Barathronus
Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886
Type species
Barathronus bicolor
Goode & Bean, 1886
Synonyms[1]

Alexeterion Vaillant 1888

Barathronus is a genus of deep-sea fish that are placed in the family Aphyonidae (blind cusk eels)[2][3] or family Bythitidae (brotulas),[1][4] depending on the source.

Life cycle

Barathronus are viviparous deep-sea fish. However, a juvenile Barathronus pacificus has been recorded in shallow waters.[5] Based on the stable oxygen isotope composition of otoliths, at least one species, Barathronus maculatus, has a pelagic larval stage, followed by an ontogenetic vertical migration to deeper waters.[6]

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus, although the exact species differ between the FishBase[2] and the Catalog of Fishes:[1]

  • Barathronus affinis A. B. Brauer, 1906
  • Barathronus bicolor Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886
  • Barathronus bruuni J. G. Nielsen, 1969
  • Barathronus diaphanus A. B. Brauer, 1906
  • Barathronus linsi J. G. Nielsen, Mincarone & di Dario, 2015 [7] — not listed in the FishBase
  • Barathronus maculatus Shcherbachev, 1976 (Spotted gelatinous cusk)
  • Barathronus multidens J. G. Nielsen, 1984
  • Barathronus pacificus J. G. Nielsen & Eagle, 1974
  • Barathronus parfaiti (Vaillant, 1888)
  • Barathronus roulei J. G. Nielsen, 2019
  • Barathronus solomonensis J. G. Nielsen & Møller, 2008 — recognized as Paraphyonus solomonensis in the Catalog of Fishes
  • Barathronus unicolor J. G. Nielsen, 1984

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Barathronus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=4274. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Barathronus in FishBase. February 2017 version.
  3. Nelson, JS; Grande, TC; Wilson, MVH (2016). Fishes of the World 5th Edition. ISBN 9781119220824. https://books.google.com/books?id=E-MLDAAAQBAJ&q=Aphyonidae+Nelson&pg=PT359. Retrieved 30 June 2018. 
  4. Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9. 
  5. Okiyama, Muneo; Kato, Hisatsugu (1997). "A pelagic juvenile of Barathronus pacificus (Ophidiiformes: Aphyonidae) from the Southwest Pacific, with notes on its metamorphosis". Ichthyological Research 44 (2–3): 222–226. doi:10.1007/BF02678701. 
  6. Chang, N. N.; Liu, E. Y.; Liao, Y. C.; Shiao, J. C. (2015). "Vertical habitat shift of viviparous and oviparous deep-sea cusk eels revealed by otolith microstructure and stable-isotope composition". Journal of Fish Biology 86 (2): 845–853. doi:10.1111/jfb.12605. PMID 25613184. 
  7. Nielsen, J.G.; Mincarone, M.M.; Di Dario, F. (2015). "A new deep-sea species of Barathronus Goode & Bean from Brazil, with notes on Barathronus bicolor Goode & Bean (Ophidiiformes: Aphyonidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology 13 (1): 53–60. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20140034. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v13n1/1679-6225-ni-13-01-00053.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q740757 entry