Animalia > Chordata > Aulopiformes > Alepisauridae > Alepisaurus > Alepisaurus brevirostris

Alepisaurus brevirostris (Shortsnouted lancetfish; Shortsnouted handsawfish; Shortsnout lancetfish; Shortnose lancetfish; Short snouted lancetfish; Lancetfish; Lancet fish)

Synonyms: Alepisaurus brevirostris crozetensis
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Wikipedia Abstract

Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus ("scaleless lizard"), the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae. Lancetfishes grow up to 2 m (6.6 ft) in length. Very little is known about their biology, though they are widely distributed in all oceans, except the polar seas. Specimens have been recorded as far north as Greenland. They are often caught as bycatch for vessels long-lining for tuna. The generic name is from Greek a- meaning "without", lepis meaning "scale", and sauros meaning "lizard".
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Macquarie Island Nature Reserve Ia 233540 Tasmania, Australia  

Predators

Coryphaena hippurus (Mahi-mahi)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Botulus microporus[2]
Tentacularia coryphaenae[2]

External References

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Citations

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1Feeding ecology and niche segregation in oceanic top predators off eastern Australia, Jock W. Young, Matt J. Lansdell, Robert A. Campbell, Scott P. Cooper, Francis Juanes, Michaela A. Guest, Mar Biol (2010) 157:2347–2368
2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0