FB-69517 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69517 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Gasterosteoidei Gasterosteidae Pungitius Pungitius modestus Matsumoto, Matsuura & Hanzawa, 2021 2021-08-13 2024-07-18 Orlovskaya, M.V. and A.V. Balushkin0 Melanostigma bellingshauseni sp. n. (Zoarcidae): a new pelagic eelpout from large depths in the Central Part of the Kerguelen Plateau (Southern Ocean). J. Ichthyol. 60(6):900-908. (Ref. 123831) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69527 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-08-17 00:00:00 2021-08-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69527 This species is distinguished by the following characters: supratemporal commissure complete (full), without interruptions and losses of segments; no coronal commissure; with pore in the temporal canal; body lateral line with three series of neuromasts (predorsal, dorsolateral, and mediolateral); gill rakers on the first branchial arch 27 (23-27), of which 13 (10-13) in external row; 14 (13-16) in internal row; pectoral-fin rays 8; vertebrae 87 (86-91) including 21 (21-23) abdominal and 66 (68-71) caudal vertebrae; maxilla length 7.4 (6.5-7.8)% SL; upper lip coalesce with snout; abdominal vertebrae is slightly asymmetrical; length of anteriorpart of the center of vertebrae (in area of fifth to eighth vertebrae) 70-92% of length of its posterior part; body and head including snout tip, nostril tubes, and oral cavity light; tail with dark stripe at tips of dorsal, anal, and caudal fins (Ref. 123831). Orlovskaya, M.V. and A.V. Balushkin 2020 Melanostigma bellingshauseni sp. n. (Zoarcidae): a new pelagic eelpout from large depths in the Central Part of the Kerguelen Plateau (Southern Ocean). J. Ichthyol. 60(6):900-908. (Ref. 123831) FB-Morphology-69527 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-08-17 00:00:00 2021-08-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69527 Vertebrae: 86 - 91 Orlovskaya, M.V. and A.V. Balushkin 2020 Melanostigma bellingshauseni sp. n. (Zoarcidae): a new pelagic eelpout from large depths in the Central Part of the Kerguelen Plateau (Southern Ocean). J. Ichthyol. 60(6):900-908. (Ref. 123831) FB-Distribution-69527 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-08-17 00:00:00 2021-08-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69527 Southern Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Plateau. Orlovskaya, M.V. and A.V. Balushkin 2020 Melanostigma bellingshauseni sp. n. (Zoarcidae): a new pelagic eelpout from large depths in the Central Part of the Kerguelen Plateau (Southern Ocean). J. Ichthyol. 60(6):900-908. (Ref. 123831) FB-Size-69527 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-08-17 00:00:00 2021-08-17 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69527 19.4 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 123831)) Orlovskaya, M.V. and A.V. Balushkin 2020 Melanostigma bellingshauseni sp. n. (Zoarcidae): a new pelagic eelpout from large depths in the Central Part of the Kerguelen Plateau (Southern Ocean). J. Ichthyol. 60(6):900-908. (Ref. 123831) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69527 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-08-17 00:00:00 2021-08-17 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69527 bathydemersal; marine; depth range 1000 - 1010 m (Ref. 123831) Orlovskaya, M.V. and A.V. Balushkin 2020 Melanostigma bellingshauseni sp. n. (Zoarcidae): a new pelagic eelpout from large depths in the Central Part of the Kerguelen Plateau (Southern Ocean). J. Ichthyol. 60(6):900-908. (Ref. 123831)