Author: Regan & Trewavas, 1929

Borostomias mononema Regan & Trewavas, 1929

Diagnosis: row of photophores beginning above anal fin and ending on tail (AC) curved upward behind anal fin base; serial photophores in lateral row (OA) 43-49, usually 46 or more, of which 21-25 behind pelvic fin insertion (VAL); 66-72 (usually 70 or more) photophores in ventral series to tail (IC). Fangs in upper and lower jaws not much longer than other teeth, curved. Barbel tip with a bulbous black proximal part and a less wide, pale distal part, usually bearing one filament, sometimes two, and not becoming more than about twice as long as wide; pale postorbital luminous organ double, with small anterior and larger posterior parts. Colour: head and body black. Size: to more than 300 mm SL.

Habitat, etc.: see family.

Distribution: reaching to just north of Madeira from the south. Elsewhere. tropical western Atlantic west of 60° W. eastern Atlantic east of 30° W, Indian and Pacific oceans.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. None known.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Clupeiformes
Suborder Stomiatoidei
Family Astronesthidae
Genus Borostomias
Species Borostomias mononema

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Borostomias mononema (Regan & Trewavas, 1929)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Borostomias mononema Regan & Trewavas, 1929

Synonyms:

Diplolychnus mononema Regan & Trewavas, 1929a, Danish Dana Exped. 1920 1922, (5): 28, fig. 19 (1), pl. V (fig. 2) (western North Atlantic 17°43'N., 64°56'W.). One syntype in ZMVC, one in BMNH no. 1929.1.4.121.
Diplolychnus lucifer Regan & Trewavas, 1929a, Danish Dana Exped. 1920 1922, (5): 28, fig. 19 (8), pl. V (fig. I) (eastern North Atlantic, 25°11'N., 20°57'W.). Holotype: ZMUC.
Diplolychnus mononema: Gibbs, 1964a: 341, fig. 87.
Diplolychnus lucifer: Gibbs, 1964a: 340, fig. 88.
Borostomias mononema: Weitzman, 1967b: 45.


Common names:

none

Gibbs, R. H. Jr. 1964a. Family Astronesthidae in Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Mem. Sears Found. Mar. Res., New Haven, 1(4): 311-350, fig. 77-91.

Regan, C. T.; Trewavas, E. 1929a. The fishes of the families Astronesthidae and Chauliodontidae. Danish Dana Exped. 1920-1922, (5): 1-143, 24 fig., 7 pl.

Weitzman, S. H. 1967b. The osteology and relationship of the Astronesthidae, a family of oceanic fishes. Dana Rep., (71): 1-54, 31 fig.

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