Neoscopelus macrolepidotus

Author
Johnson, 1863
Common Names
  • Largescaled Neoscopelid

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Min Depth
300 meters
Max Depth
800 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Worldwide. Florida Strait to Suriname
Habitat-Biology
  • benthopelagic
  • mesopelagic
References

  • Hartel, K. E., and J. E. Craddock. 2002. Neoscopelidae. Pp. 942–943 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

  • Nafpaktitis, B. G. 1977. Family Neoscopelidae. Pp. 1–7 in R. H. Gibbs, Jr. et al. eds. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, Part 7, Iniomi (Myctophiformes), Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Memoir 1, New Haven

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-12-2024.

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