Common Name
Barracudina
Year Described
Ege, 1930
Identification
Dorsal Fin: 8-10
Anal Fin: 27-30
Pectoral Fin: 10-12
Pelvic Fin: 9
Lateral Line: 58-62
Vertebrae: 75-85
Pelvic fin origin well anterior to dorsal fin origin.
Color
Body pale with a dark bronze sheen over the dorsal half of the body and head. A line of chromatophores on both the dorsal and ventral midline.
Size
Maximum size to 103mm SL.
Habitat
Mesopelagic to bathypelagic from 0-2000m. Juveniles toward the surface.
Range Map
Range
Widespread in the north Atlantic from around 40 degrees north to off eastern Brazil (most common in the central gyre). Also scattered records in the Caribbean Sea and southeastern Gulf of Mexico.
References
McEachran, J.D. and J.D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin. i-viii + 1-1112.
Rofen, R.R. In: Anderson, W.W., R.H. Gibbs, F.H. Berry, W.A. Gosline, J.E. Bohlke, N.B. Marshall, R.L. Bolin, G.W. Mead, J.W. Gehringer, R.R. Rofen, and N.J. Wilimovsky. 1966. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Part 5. Iniomi and Lyomeri. Memoir No. 1. Sears Foundation for Marine Research; Yale University, New Haven, CT. 647 pp., 220 plates.