Cyclothone signata, the showy bristlemouth, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyclothone.[1][2]
| Cyclothone signata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Gonostomatidae |
| Genus: | Cyclothone |
| Species: | C. signata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyclothone signata Garman, 1899
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Cyclothone alba was originally described as a subspecies of C. signata: Cyclothone signata alba, by Brauer in 1906.[3]
Description edit
C. signata is disruptively colored,[4] typically being either gray or transparent.[5]
Ecology edit
The species is usually found to be bimodally distributed among the shallow and deep ends of the mesopelagic zone,[4] and is thought to migrate vertically between them, feeding in the shallow areas, and descending to the deeper ocean to rest.[6]
The species is oviparous.[2] Encounters with the species are rare, but one sample, taken off the coast of the Gulf of Maine in 1915, measured 23mm.[5][7]
References edit
- ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Cyclothone signata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Archived from the original on 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ a b "Cyclothone signata, Showy bristlemouth". Fishbase. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyclothone signata Garman, 1899". World Register of Marine Species. Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ a b DeWitt, Floyd A. (1972-03-08). "Bathymetric Distributions of Two Common Deep-Sea Fishes, Cyclothone acclinidens and C. signata, off Southern California". Copeia. 1972 (1): 88–96. doi:10.2307/1442785. JSTOR 1442785.
- ^ a b "Cyclothone". Gulf of Maine Research Institute. Archived from the original on 2003-05-24. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ DeWitt, Floyd A.; Cailliet, Gregor M. (1972-12-29). "Feeding Habits of Two Bristlemouth Fishes, Cyclothone acclinidens and C. signata (Gonostomatidae)". Copeia. 1972 (4): 868. doi:10.2307/1442749. JSTOR 1442749.
- ^ Bigelow, Henry B.; Schroeder, William C. (1953). Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. United States Government Printing Office. pp. 146–147. ISBN 978-0598917881.
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