Author: Abe & Hotta, 1963

Rondeletia loricata Abe & Hotta, 1963

Diagnosis: no bony hook over orbit; supra-temporal and cleithrum with large posterior bony extensions. Snout-anal origin 77-82.4% SL. Gillrakers 4-6 + 13-15. Vertical rows of lateral line papillae 14-19. Colour: orange-brown. Size: to 96 mm (Atlantic) or 110 mm (Pacific).

Habitat: meso- and bathypelagic from 110-at least 1,150 m, probably vertical migrator; shallowest day capture 775 m. Food: amphipod and crustacean remains (Herring, 1976); shrimps (Bast & Klinkhardt, 1990). Reproduction: Sexes seperate (Bast & Klinkhardt, 1990).

Distribution: uncommon. In the area from 37°-58° N (Bast & Klinkhardt, 1990). Elsewhere, between roughly 45° N and 40° S.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Cetomimiformes
Family Rondeletiidae
Genus Rondeletia
Species Rondeletia loricata

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Rondeletia loricata Abe & Hotta, 1963

Scientific synonyms and common names

Rondeletia loricata Abe & Hotta, 1963

Synonyms:

none

Common name:

Redmouth whalefish [En]

Abe, I.; Hotta, H. 1963. Description of a new deep-sea fish of the genus Rondeletia from Japan. Jap. J. Ichth., 10 (2/6): pp. 43-48, 9 fig.

Bast, H.-D.; Klinkhardt, M. B. 1990. Records of the redmouth whalefish, Rondeletia loricata Abe & Hotta, 1963 (Osteichthys: Cetomimiformes: Rondeletiidae), from the northeast and southwest Atlantic. Arch. FischWiss. 40 (3):249-263, 4 figs.

Tominaga, Y.; Kubota, T. 1972. Records of the redmouth whalefish, Rondeletia loricata, from Sagami Bay and Suruga Bay, Japan, with notes on the holotype. Jap. J. Ichthyol., 19 (3): 181-185, 1 fig.

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