Malacosteus australis
The Southern stoplight loosejaw, Malacosteus australis, is a species of barbeled dragonfish. This species is mainly distinguished from M. niger by a smaller postorbital photophore in both sexes and lower numbers of lateral photophores. It also differs in having somewhat smaller jaws, a fleshy orbit, and several subtle morphological traits. The maximum known length is 16.6 cm (6.5 in) for a male and 19.2 cm (7.6 in) for a female. Its specific epithet comes from the Latin austral, meaning "southern".[1]
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| Species: | M. australis |
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| Malacosteus australis Kenaley, 2007 | |
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Malacosteus australis" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- Kenaley, C.P. (2007). "Revision of the Stoplight Loosejaw Genus Malacosteus (Teleostei: Stomiidae: Malacosteinae), with Description of a New Species from the Temperate Southern Hemisphere and Indian Ocean". Copeia. 2007 (4): 886–900. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[886:ROTSLG]2.0.CO;2.
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