Common Name
Graceful Barracudina
Year Described
Ege, 1933
Identification
Dorsal Fin: 10-11
Anal Fin: 36-39
Pectoral Fin: 11-12
Pelvic Fin: 9
Lateral Line:
Vertebrae: 98-106
Body long and slender. Nostrils above end of maxilla. Pelvic fin origin closer to dorsal fin than to pectoral fin tip. Anus behind pelvic fin tip. Peritoneal sections 14-15.
Color
Body pale with an indistinct lateral stripe. Four to five dark blotches on dorsum and ventrum posterior to dorsal fin. Post-larva with 14-15 pigment sections on the peritoneum.
Size
Maximum size to 96mm SL. Mature adults not known.
Habitat
Epipelagic to bathypelagic from 0-1300m.
Range Map
Range
Scattered records in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
References
Ho H-C, & T-Y. Yang. 2025. A new barracudina (Aulopiformes, Paralepididae, Stemonosudis) from Somalia, with additional records of S. siliquiventer from the Caribbean Sea. ZooKeys 1241: 93-104.
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.