Author: (Parr, 1928)

Paralepis brevirostris (Parr, 1928)

Diagnosis: body moderately elongate, its depth about 5-9 times in SL. Head about 4 times in SL; upper jaw about equal to snout, its tip distinctly behind nostril; gillrakers present, about 10 on each bony base, the longest about twice the length of next longest. Dorsal fin well behind midpoint of body, with 10-12 finrays; adipose dorsal fin near tail; pectoral finrays 16-17; pelvic fins below dorsal fin origin, with 9 finrays anal fin far back, with 22-24 finrays. Lateral line scales 53-57. Vertebrae 64-67. Colour: brownish, lighter below; 5-10 peritoneal sections in young. Size: known to 19.4 cm.

Habitat: meso- to bathypelagic, to below 1,000 m; young individuals near surface, larger individuals at greater depths. Food: carnivorous; small fishes and crustaceans. Reproduction: throughout year in tropical and subtropical waters.

Distribution: tropical and subtropical waters. Elsewhere, other tropical and subtropical parts of Atlantic, also Indian Ocean, around Philippines and South China Sea. Adults are known only from the Atlantic.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. Ege, 1953: 13 | Rofen, 1966: 248-253.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Scopeliformes
Suborder Alepisauroidei
Family Paralepididae
Genus Paralepis
Species Paralepis brevirostris

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Paralepis brevirostris (Parr, 1928)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Paralepis brevirostris (Parr, 1928)

Synonyms:

Lestidium (Bathysudis) speciosum brevirostris Parr, 1928, Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll., 3 (3): 42 43, fig. 4 (21° 30' N., 71°11' W.). Lectotype: BOC no. 2136, by subs. design. of Ege, 1953.
Lestulium (Bathysudis) speciosum: Parr, 1929: 31-32, fig. 11-12.
Paralepis brevirostris: Ege, 1930: 53-54 Parr, 1931: 154, fig. 1 Maul, 1945: 9-17, fig. 3-4 Harry, 1951: 19, 23, fig. 1-3; 1953: 221, 230, 236-237, fig. 9 Ege, 1953: 12-14, 22-26, 31-35, fig. 4.
Lestidium speciosum: Gregory, 1933: 209, fig. 88.
Paralepis elongata: Rofen, 1966: 243-259, fig. 70-76 Haedrich & Melsen, 1966: 913 Parin et al., 1969: 422.


Common names:

none

Ege, V. 1930. The North Atlantic and Mediterranean species of the genus Paralepis Cuv. A systematical and biological investigation. (Sudidae, Paralepis.) Rep. Dan. oceanogr. Exped. Mediterr., 2 (A13) :1-93, fig. 1-37.

Ege, V. 1953. Paralepididae I (Paralepis and Lestidium). Taxonomy, ontogeny, phylogeny and distribution. Dana Rep., 7 (40) :1-184, 82 pl., fig. 1-33.

Haedrich, R. L.; Nielsen, J. 1966. Fishes eaten by Alepisaurus (Pisces, Iniomi) in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Deep Sea Res., 13: 909-919.

Harry, R. R. 1951. Deep-sea Fishes of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expedition. Family Paralepididae. Zoologica, N. Y., 36 (1): 17-35, 9 fig.

Harry, R. R. 1953a. Studies on the bathypelagic fishes of the family Paralepididae. 1. Survey of the Genera. Pacif. Sci., 7 (2): 219-249, fig. 1-22.

Maul, G. E. 1945. Monografia dos Peixes do Museu Municipal do Funchal. Familia Sudidae. Bolm Mus. munic. Funchal, 1(1) :1-38, fig. 1-10.

Parin, N. V.; Nesis, K. N.; Vinogradov, M. Y. 1969. Data on the feeding of Alepisaurus in the Indian Ocean. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc., 9 (3): 418-427.

Parr, A. E. 1928. Deep-sea fishes of the order Iniomi from the waters around the Bahama and Bermuda Islands. Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll., 3 (3): pp. 1-193, fig. 1-43.

Parr, A. E. 1929a. Notes on the species of myctophine fishes represented by type specimens in the United States National Museum. Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 76(10): 1-47, fig. 1-21.

Parr, A. E. 1931b. On the Genera Paralepis and Lestidium and the Taxonomic Status of Some of Their Species. Copeia, (4) :152-158, 3 fig.

Rofen, R. R. 1966a. Family Paralepididae in Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Mem. Sears Found. Mar. Res., New Haven, 1(5): pp. 205-461, fig. 55-162.

Gregory, W. K. 1933. Fish skulls: a study of the evolution of natural mechanisms. Trans. Am. phil. Soc., 23 (2): i-vii, 75-481, fig. 1-302.

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