Author: Giglioli, 1884

Bathophlus nigerrimus Giglioli, 1884

Diagnosis: pectoral finrays 31-57; pelvic finrays 16-24. Photophores in ventral row between pectoral and pelvic fin insertions (PV) 12, between pelvic fin insertion and end of row over anal fin (VAV) 11-13, total in ventral row from isthmus to tail (IC) 33-35; in lateral row to pelvic fin insertion (OV) 12, from pelvic fin insertion to end of row over anal fin (VAL) 10-12, total in lateral row (OA) 21-23. Colour: head and body black with iridescent blue, green or bronze. Size: to about 12 cm.

Habitat, etc.: see family.

Distribution: from halfway between the Azores and Ireland (c. 45-46° N, 16-17°W); off Gibraltar; also, the western Mediterranean. Elsewhere, eastern Atlantic from 25° N to 2° S and off South Africa; also, western Atlantic between 20° and 27° N and from 9° to 36° S.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. Sanzo, 1915a: 714-720, pl. 1-2; 1915b: 1-10, fig. 1-6; 1915c: 132; 1918c: 379-383 | Sparta, 1948a: 194-196, fig. 1-3 | Morrow, 1964: 457-459.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

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

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Bathophilus nigerrimus Giglioli, 1882

Scientific synonyms and common names

Bathophlus nigerrimus Giglioli, 1884

Synonyms:

Bathophilus nigerrimus Giglioli, 1884, Pelagos, Genova: 260-261, unnumb. fig. (Mediterranean Sea near Messina), Holotype: MZUF 2028.
Bathophilus nigerrimus: Goode & Bean, 1895: 111, fig. 136 Sicher, 1896: 429-431 Sanzo, 1915a: 714-720, pl. 1-2 Balducci, 1915: 1-15, pl. 1 Sanzo, 1915b: 1-10, fig. 1-6; 1915c: 132; 1918: 379-383 Parr, 1927: 85-86 Regan & Trewavas, 1930: 65-66, pl. 3 (fig. 2) Fowler, 1936: 1167 Beebe & Crane, 1939: 70 Sparta, 1948: 194-196, fig. 1-3 Morrow, 1964: 475-477 Barnett & Gibbs, 1968: 831
Berdar, 1970: 75-86, fig. 1-7 Cavaliere & Bardar, 1976: 45, fig. 1-7.


Common names:

none

Balducci, E. 1915. Notizie e osservazioni sul Bathophilus nigerrimus Gigl. Annls Inst. oceanogr., Monaco, 7 (3) :1-16.

Berdar, A. 1970. Bathophilus nigerrimus Gigl. raccolto sulla spiaggia di Ganzirri (Messina). Atti. Soc. pelorit. Sci. fis. mat. nat., 16 (1-2): 75-86, fig. 1-7.

Cavaliere, A.; Berdar, A. 1976. Osservazioni biologiche su alcuni esemplari di Bathophilus nigerrimus pescati nello stretto di Messina. Mem. Biol. Mar. Ocean. Messina, (N.S.) 6 (3): 45-56, 7 fig.

Morrow, J. E.; Gibbs, R. H. Jr. 1964. Family Melanostomiatidae in Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Mem. Sears Found. Mar. Res., New Haven, 1(4): pp. 351-510. [Genera Melanostomias and Eustomias by R. H. Gibbs, Jr., the remainder by J. E. Morrow, Jr.]

Sanzo, L. 1915c. Notizie ittiologiche. II. Stadi larvali di Stomias boa Risso. III. Stadi larvali di Bathophilus nigerrimus Gigl. V. Stadi larvali di Chauliodus sloani Bl. Monitore zool. ital., 26: 131-144.

Sanzo, L. 1915a. Contributo alla conoscenza degli stadi larvali negli Scopelini Muller (Bathophilus nigerrimus Gigl., Scopelus caninianus C. e V., Sc. Humboldti Risso). Atti Accad naz. Lincei Rc., (5), Mem., 10: 714-720.

Sanzo, L. 1915b. Stadi larvali di Bathophilus nigerrimus Gigl. Memorie R. Com. talassogr. ital., 48: 1-10.

Sanzo, L. 1918c. Nuovo contribute alla conoscenza della sviluppo larvale di Bathophilus nigerrimus Gigl. Atti Accad. naz. Lincei Rc., (5) 27: 379-383.

Spartà, A. 1948a. Uovo e larva alla schiusa di Stomiatidae riferibili a Bathophilus nigerrimus Gigl. Boll. Pesca Piscic. Idrobiol Anno XXIV, 3: 197-201.

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