Barathronus

Barathronus
Barathronus bicolor
Barathronus parfaiti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Ophidiiformes
Family:Aphyonidae
Genus:Barathronus
Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886
Type species
Barathronus bicolor
Goode & Bean, 1886
Synonyms[1]

Alexeterion Vaillant 1888

Barathronus is a genus of deep-sea fish that are placed in the family Aphyonidae (blind cusk eels)[2][3] or family Bythitidae (brotulas),[1][4] depending on the source.

Life cycle

Barathronus are viviparous deep-sea fish. However, a juvenile Barathronus pacificus has been recorded in shallow waters.[5] Based on the stable oxygen isotope composition of otoliths, at least one species, Barathronus maculatus, has a pelagic larval stage, followed by an ontogenetic vertical migration to deeper waters.[6]

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus, although the exact species differ between the FishBase[2] and the Catalog of Fishes:[1]

  • Barathronus affinis A. B. Brauer, 1906
  • Barathronus bicolor Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886
  • Barathronus bruuni J. G. Nielsen, 1969
  • Barathronus diaphanus A. B. Brauer, 1906
  • Barathronus linsi J. G. Nielsen, Mincarone & di Dario, 2015 [7] — not listed in the FishBase
  • Barathronus maculatus Shcherbachev, 1976 (Spotted gelatinous cusk)
  • Barathronus multidens J. G. Nielsen, 1984
  • Barathronus pacificus J. G. Nielsen & Eagle, 1974
  • Barathronus parfaiti (Vaillant, 1888)
  • Barathronus solomonensis J. G. Nielsen & Møller, 2008 — recognized as Paraphyonus solomonensis in the Catalog of Fishes
  • Barathronus unicolor J. G. Nielsen, 1984

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Barathronus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). Species of Barathronus in FishBase. February 2017 version.
  3. ↑ Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). "Fishes of the World 5th Edition". Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
  5. ↑ Okiyama, Muneo; Kato, Hisatsugu (1997). "A pelagic juvenile of Barathronus pacificus (Ophidiiformes: Aphyonidae) from the Southwest Pacific, with notes on its metamorphosis". Ichthyological Research. 44 (2–3): 222–226. doi:10.1007/BF02678701.
  6. ↑ Chang, N. N.; Liu, E. Y.; Liao, Y. C.; Shiao, J. C. (2015). "Vertical habitat shift of viviparous and oviparous deep-sea cusk eels revealed by otolith microstructure and stable-isotope composition". Journal of Fish Biology. 86 (2): 845–853. doi:10.1111/jfb.12605.
  7. ↑ Nielsen, J.G.; Mincarone, M.M. & Di Dario, F. (2015). "A new deep-sea species of Barathronus Goode & Bean from Brazil, with notes on Barathronus bicolor Goode & Bean (Ophidiiformes: Aphyonidae)" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 13 (1): 53–60. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20140034.
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