Scopelarchus michaelsarsi

Author
Koefoed, 1955
Common Names
  • Bigfin Pearleye

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Min Depth
200 meters
Max Depth
500 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Worldwide. Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean
Habitat-Biology
  • mesopelagic
References

  • Johnson, R. K. 1974a. A revision of the alepisauroid family Scopelachidae (Pisces: Myctophiformes). Fieldiana Zoology 66: 1–249.

  • Johnson, R. K. 1982. Fishes of the families Evermannellidae and Scopelarchidae: systematics, morphology, interrelationships and zoogeography. Fieldiana Zoology, n.s. 12: 1–252.

  • 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.

  • Thompson, B. A. 2002a. Aulopiformes. Pp. 914–922, 933–941 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.

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, 04-26-2024.

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