Common Name
Pacific Barracudina
Year Described
Boulenger, 1889
Identification
Dorsal Fin: 10
Anal Fin: 27-31
Pectoral Fin: 11-13
Pelvic Fin: 9
Lateral Line: 63-76
Vertebrae: 76-85
Pelvic fin origin slightly anterior to dorsal fin origin.
Color
Body pale with darker pigment spots along dorsal midline.
Size
Maximum size to 187mm SL.
Habitat
Mesopelagic to bathypelagic from 0-2000m. Juveniles toward the surface.
Range Map
Range
North Atlantic gyre between 20 and 45 degrees north in the western Atlantic.
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.