Longfin bonefish
| Nemoossis belloci (Cadenat, 1937) | ||||
| Family: | Albulidae (Bonefishes) |
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| Order: | Albuliformes | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Longfin bonefish | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Atlantic: from Senegal to the west coast of South Africa | |||
| Adult biology: | Common on the continental slope (Ref. 2683). Found on muddy bottoms (Ref. 27121). Feeds on benthic copepods and polychaetes (Ref. 27637). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Leptocephalus larva; Body is compressed, transparent and leak-like. The gut is straight and extends all the way to the caudal tip. The head is small and prolonged, with quite prominent teeth, and a crescentic patch is visible below the eye. Position of the origin of the anal fin is appreciably posterior to the dorsal fin. Snout is prolonged, and the distance between the posterior edge of the dorsal fin and the origin of the anal fin is 6 to 7 times the length of the base of the dorsal fin. Pigmentation: A row of melanophores above the gut running from end of the head to the posterior tip of the body.. See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | deep-water; 22°N - 35°S | |||
| Main Ref: | Olivar, M.P. and J.M. Fortuño. 1991. (Ref. 29072) | |||
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| Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Froese, Rainer |
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