Author: (Weber, 1913)

Bajacalifornia calcarata (Weber, 1913)

Diagnosis: body elongate, slender, a little compressed. Gillrakers on first arch 4-7+1+15-18=22-26. Dorsal rays 16-19; anal 13-15; pectoral 12-15; pelvic 7-9. Pyloric caeca 15-22. Vertebrae 36-39=19-23=57-60. Scale rows 55-56; scale rows to D 23-27.Colour: uniformly black.Size: to at least 380 mm SL.

Habitat: benthopelagic from about 350 to 3100 m.Food: no data. Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: two specimens collected by Merrett et al, 1991 by 49° 55.6 N 13° 26.1 W between 3180 and 3015 m depth.Elsewhere Eastern Tropical Atlantic from 350 to 1100 m, Indian Ocean from gulf of Aden to 27° S and Western Pacific.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Clupeiformes
Family Alepocephalidae
Genus Bajacalifornia
Species Bajacalifornia calcarata

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Bajacalifornia calcarata (Weber, 1913)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Bajacalifornia calcarata (Weber, 1913)

Synonyms:

none.

Common names:

none.

Merrett, N. R.; Haedrich, R. L.; Gordon, J. D. M. & M. Stehmann, 1991. Deep demersal fish assemblage structure in the Porcupine Seabight (Eastern North Atlantic); results of single warp trawling at lower slope to abyssal soundings. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 71:359-373

Weber, M. 1913. Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga Rep., 57: i-xii + 1-710, 123 fig., pl. I-XII.

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