Author: (Goode & Bean, 1896)

Talismania antillarum (Goode & Bean, 1896)

Diagnosis: head moderately large, about one- third of body; snout pointed, eye large, greater than snout; upper jaw reaching to front half of eye. Dorsal and anal fins far back, more or less equal and opposite to each other or dorsal origin slightly in advance; pectoral finrays not filamentous, total 15-16. Colour: brownish. Size: to at least 15 cm.

Habitat: engybenthic at 455-1,460 m. Food: no data. Reproduction: females with eggs up to 2 mm in diameter have been caught in October and November

Distribution: off Morocco. Elsewhere, to 9° 35' S; also western North Atlantic, south- eastern Pacific and Indian Ocean.

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

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Talismania antillarum (Goode & Bean, 1896)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Talismania antillarum (Goode & Bean, 1896)

Synonyms:

Binghamichthys antillarum (Goode & Bean, 1896)

Common names:

Antillean smooth-head [En]

Goode, G. B.; Bean, T. H. 1896. Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by steamers Blake, Albatross and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic. Smithson. Contrib. Knowl., 30 and Spec. Bull U.S. natn. Mus., 1895 [1896] and Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 1 (Text): pp. xxxv+1-553; 2 (Atlas): pp. xxiii+1-26, 123 pl., 417 fig.

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