Common Name
Graceful Barracudina
Year Described
Ege, 1933
Identification
Dorsal Fin: 9-10
Anal Fin: 36-38
Pectoral Fin: 11-12
Pelvic Fin: 9
Lateral Line:
Vertebrae: 98-107
Pelvic fin origin closer to dorsal fin than to pectoral fin tip.
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
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.