Grammatostomias flagellibarba

Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Stomiiformes
Family:	Stomiidae
Genus:	Grammatostomias
Species:	G. flagellibarba
Binomial name
Grammatostomias flagellibarba Holt & Byrne, 1910
Synonyms[1]
Lamprotoxus phanobrochus Regan & Trewavas, 1930

Grammatostomias flagellibarba is a species of barbeled dragonfish. They live at depths of up to 1,500 m (5,000 ft) below the surface and usually measure up to 15.2 cm (6 in) in length.[2]

Type specimen and description

The type specimen was caught in a shrimp trawl by the Helga on 12 November 1909 at 51° 20' N, 11° 56' W, southwest of Ireland. They were trawling over bottom 736 fathoms (4416 ft) deep, but "the net never touched bottom, and probably did not go deeper than 700 fathoms" (4200 ft).[3]

It is black and possesses a chin barbel that is about six times as long as the body, a large photophore behind and just below each eye, and two rows of very small photophores on each side of the body.[3]

Distribution

It is found in the North Atlantic, specifically off southern Ireland and in the Bay of Biscay.[4]

References

1. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Lamprotoxus phanobrochus". Itis.gov. 2004-11-08. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
2. J. D. Knight. "Deep Sea Dragonfish – Deep Sea Creatures on Sea and Sky". Seasky.org. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
3. Holt, Ernest W. L. & L. W. Byrne. (1910). "Preliminary diagnosis of a new stomiatoid fish from south-west of Ireland". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany and Geology, Being a Continuation of the 'Magazine of Botany and Zoology', and of Louden and Charlesworth's 'Magazine of Natural History', Series 8 6: 294–297.
4. Froese, R.; D. Pauly, eds. (2016). "Grammatostomias flagellibarba". FishBase. Archived from the original on August 25, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2013.