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Paralepididae (Barracudinas)
Etymology: Dolichosudis: Greek, dolichos = long + Latin, sudis = esox, fish of the Rhine, cited by Plinius 9.15; it also means "stake" (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batipelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 1200 - ? m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water
Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea. Western Atlantic: off Suriname (Ref. 13608) and the continental slope of Brazil.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.4 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4473)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 10; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 38; Vertebre: 104. Body overall dark brown, darkest on dorsum and lateral line region; no saddle-like blotches on body (Ref. 13608).
Recorded from below 600 m. All species of this family are supposed to be hermaphrodites.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Post, A., 1990. Paralepididae. p. 373-384. 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. (Ref. 4473)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
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