Sharpchin barracudina

The sharpchin barracudina (Paralepis coregonoides) is a species of fish in the family Paralepididae (barracudinas).[1][3][4][5]

Sharpchin barracudina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Paralepididae
Genus: Paralepis
Species:
P. coregonoides
Binomial name
Paralepis coregonoides
(Risso, 1820)
Synonyms[2]
  • Paralepis barracudina Fowler & Phillips, 1910
  • Paralepis borealis Reinhardt, 1837
  • Paralepis coregonoides borealis Reinhardt, 1837
  • Paralepis coregonoides coregonoides Risso, 1820
  • Sudis coregonoides Risso, 1820

Description
Drawing of sharpchin barracudina (bottom)

The sharpchin barracudina has a body up to 30 cm (12 in) long, brownish in colour, lighter below. It has 67–73 vertebrae The dorsal fin is well behind the midpoint; the anal fin is far back, with 22–24 finrays.[6][7]

Habitat

The sharpchin barracudina is bathypelagic and oceanodromous, living in the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea at depths of 50–600 m (160–1,970 ft), occasionally below 1,000 m (3,300 ft).[1][8][9]

Behaviour

The sharpchin barracudina feeds on fish and crustaceans. It spawns in March to September.[10] It is eaten by tuna, cod, lancetfish, Atlantic salmon and seals.[2]

References
  1. Moore, J.; Polanco Fernandez, A. (2019). "Paralepis coregonoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T194999A129873622. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T194999A129873622.en. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. "Paralepis coregonoides Risso, 1820". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  3. Ege, Vilhelm (July 16, 1953). "Paralepididae I (Paralepsis and Lestidium: Taxonomy, Ontogeny, Phylogeny and Distribution". A. Høst – via Google Books.
  4. "Report". A.F. Høst. July 16, 1931 – via Google Books.
  5. "The Zoology of Iceland". Levin & Munksgaard, E. Munksgaard. July 16, 1952 – via Google Books.
  6. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Paralepis coregonoides". species-identification.org.
  7. Anderson, William W.; Berry, Frederick H.; Böhlke, James E.; Bolin, Rolf L.; Gehringer, Jack W.; Jr, Robert H. Gibbs; Gosline, William A.; Marshall, N. B.; Mead, Giles W.; Rofen, Robert R.; Wilimovsky, Norman J. (October 23, 2018). Orders Iniomi and Lyomeri: Part 5. Yale University Press. ISBN 9781933789286 – via Google Books.
  8. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2021). "Paralepis coregonoides" in FishBase. June 2021 version.
  9. Jordan, David Starr; Evermann, Barton Warren; Clark, Howard Walton (July 16, 1955). "Check List of the Fishes and Fishlike Vertebrates of North and Middle America North of the Northern Boundary of Venezuela and Colombia". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  10. "Paralepis coregonoides : Barracudina | NBN Atlas". species.nbnatlas.org.
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