Author: Holt & Bryne, 1910

Grammatostomias flagellibarba Holt & Bryne, 1910

Diagnosis: loop of luminous tissue on side of body almost straight dorsally, forming irregular zig-zags ventrally, its posterior-most extent over pelvic fin insertions. Colour: head and body black, except pale loop. Size: to more than 20 cm.

Habitat, etc.: see family.

Distribution: from about 43° to 50° N. Elsewhere, North Atlantic west of 45 W between about 15 and 32° N.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. Regan & Trewavas, 1930: 64 | Beebe & Crane, 1939: 192-195, fig. 53A | Morrow, 1964: 455.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Clupeiformes
Suborder Stomiatoidei
Family Melanostomiidae
Genus Grammatostomias
Species Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Grammatostomias flagellibarba Holt & Byrne, 1910

Scientific synonyms and common names

Grammatostomias flagellibarba Holt & Bryne, 1910

Synonyms:

Grammatostomias flagellibarba Holt & Byrne, 1910c, Amn Mag. nat. Hist., (8)6: 294-297 (51°20'N.. 11°56'W.). Holotype: BMNH no. 1910.9.17.2.
Lamprotoxus flagellibarba: Holt & Byrne, 1913, 1: 8, pl. 1.
Grammatostomias flagellibarba: Parr, 1927b: 93-95 Roule & Angel, 1933: 14-15, pl. 1 (fig. 7) Beebe & Crane, 1939: 187-195, fig. 11, 49B-E, 50-51, 53-54 Morrow, 1964c: 454-456, fig. 133C.
Lamprotoxus paucifilis Regan & Trewavas, 1930, Dariish Dana Expéd. 1920-1922, (6): 64, fig. 44B (Atlantic, 200-300 m wire).
Lamprotoxus phanobrochus Regan & Trewavas, 1930, Danish Dana Exped. 19201922, (6): 64, fig. 44C (Atlantic, Caribbean, 150-4000 m wire).


Common names:

none

Holt, E. W. L.; Byrne, L. W. 1913. Sixth report on the fishes of the Irish Atlantic slope. The families Stomiatidae, Sternoptychidae, and Salmonidae. Fish. Ireland scient. Invest., 1912 [1913], (1): pp. 1-28, 2 pl., 11 fig.

Morrow, J. E. 1964c. Family Malacosteidae in Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Mem. Sears Found. Mar. Res., New Haven, 1(4): pp. 523-549, 4 fig.

Parr, A. E. 1927b. The stomiatoid fishes of the suborder Gymnophotodermi (Astronesthidae, Melanostomiatidae, Idiacanthidae) with a complete review of the species. Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll., 3 (2): 1-123, 62 fig.

Regan, C. T.; Trewavas, E. 1930. The fishes of the families Stomiatidae and Malacosteidae. Danish Dana Exped. 1920-1922, (6): 1-143, 138 fig., 14 pl.

Roule, L.; Angel, F. 1933. Poissons provenant des campagnes du Prince Albert I de Monaco. Résult. Camp. scient. Prince Albert 1, 86: pp. 1-115.

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