Biology:Leptostomias gladiator
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Stomiidae |
| Genus: | Leptostomias |
| Species: | L. gladiator
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| Leptostomias gladiator (Zugmayer, 1911)
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Leptostomias gladiator is a species of fish in the family Stomiidae (barbeled dragonfish).[3][4][5] It is sometimes called the scaleless dragonfish, but that name is shared with many other species.[6][7]
Description
Leptostomias gladiator has a slender body, blackish brown to deep black.[8] The bulb of its barbel is creamy yellow, and its photophores are violet. Its length is maximum 37.3 cm (14.7 in).[9] It has 19–22 dorsal soft rays and 23–29 anal soft rays.[10][11] It has 77 vertebrae.[12]
Habitat
Leptostomias gladiator lives in non-polar oceans worldwide.[13] It is bathypelagic, living at depths up to 5,000 m (3.1 mi).[10]
Behaviour
Leptostomias gladiator eats lanternfish.[12]
References
- ↑ Harold, Anthony (July 15, 2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Leptostomias gladiator". https://www.iucnredlist.org/en.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Molva macrophthalma (Rafinesque, 1810)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126460.
- ↑ "Collected Reprints". The Center. August 31, 1987. https://books.google.com/books?id=vTzxAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Leptostomias+gladiator%22&pg=PT35.
- ↑ Bigelow, Henry B.; Cohen, Daniel M.; Dick, Myvanwy M.; Jr, Robert H. Gibbs; Grey, Marion; Jr, James E. Morrow; Schultz, Leonard P.; Walters, Vladimir (October 23, 2018). Soft-rayed Bony Fishes: Orders Isospondyli and Giganturoidei: Part 4. Yale University Press. ISBN 9781933789279. https://books.google.com/books?id=GkaMDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Leptostomias+gladiator%22&pg=PA444.
- ↑ "Taxonomy browser (Leptostomias gladiator)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=882839&lvl=0.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leptostomias gladiator (Zugmayer, 1911)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127355#vernaculars.
- ↑ "Leptostomias gladiator - (Zugmayer, 1911)". https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/124792.
- ↑ Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642828584. https://books.google.com/books?id=FnTpCAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Leptostomias+gladiator%22&pg=PA240.
- ↑ Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United (August 1, 2020). Identification guide to the mesopelagic fishes of the central and south east Atlantic Ocean. Food & Agriculture Org.. ISBN 9789251330944. https://books.google.com/books?id=gzz8DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Leptostomias+gladiator%22&pg=PA321.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Leptostomias gladiator". https://www.fishbase.de/summary/11769.
- ↑ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Leptostomias gladiator". http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=fnam&id=1340.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 McEachran, John; Fechhelm, Janice D. (June 17, 2013). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292757059. https://books.google.com/books?id=jZtrYzge92YC&dq=%22Leptostomias+gladiator%22&pg=PA142.
- ↑ "Leptostomias gladiator (Zugmayer, 1911)". https://www.gbif.org/species/2346898.
Wikidata ☰ Q1108461 entry
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