Lestidiidae

Lestidiidae
Lestrolepis intermedia
Systematics
Subclass : Real bony fish (Teleostei) Overcohort : Clupeocephala Cohort : Euteleosteomorpha Sub-cohort : Neoteleostei Order : Lizardfish (Aulopiformes) Family : Lestidiidae
Scientific name
Lestidiidae
Harry , 1953

The Lestidiidae are a family of small to medium-sized predatory fish living in the deep sea ( Bathypelagial ) from the order of the lizardfish relatives (Aulopiformes). They occur in all tropical, subtropical or temperate seas.

features

The fish look like small barracudas , have no scales and are a maximum of 55 cm long. Diagnostic features of the family are ventral , yellowish shimmering luminous organs , which have developed from the tissue of the midgut gland (hepatopancreas).

Systematics

All four genera of the Lestidiidae belonged to the Barracudinas (Paralepididae) until recently . They were first combined in 1953 by RR Harry in a tribe Lestidini, which in 2015 became an independent family by Ghedotti and colleagues. The Lestidiidae are the sister group of a common clade of Alepisauridae and Barracudinas.

Lestidium atlanticum

	Sudidae      Alepisauridae      Barracudinas  (Paralepididae)   Lestidiidae    Macroparalepis      Lestidiops      Lestidium      Lestrolepis

Genera and species

The Lestidiidae include four genera with over 30 species.

• Lestidiops
  • Lestidiops affinis (Ege, 1933) .
  • Lestidiops bathyopteryx (Fowler, 1944) .
  • Lestidiops cadenati (Maul, 1962) .
  • Lestidiops distans (Ege, 1953) .
  • Lestidiops extrema (Ege, 1953) .
  • Lestidiops gracilis (Ege, 1933) .
  • Lestidiops indopacifica (Ege, 1953) .
  • Lestidiops jayakari ( Boulenger , 1889) .
  • Lestidiops mirabilis (Ege, 1933) .
  • Lestidiops neles (Harry, 1953) .
  • Lestidiops pacificus (Parr, 1931) .
  • Lestidiops ringens ( Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) .
  • Lestidiops similis (Ege, 1933) .
  • Lestidiops sphyraenopsis Hubbs, 1916 .
  • Lestidiops sphyrenoides ( Risso , 1820) .
• Lestidium
  • Lestidium atlanticum (Krøyer, 1868) .
  • Lestidium longilucifer Ho et al., 2020 .
  • Lestidium nigrirostrum Ho et al., 2020 .
  • Lestidium nigroventralis Ho et al., 2019 .
  • Lestidium nudum Gilbert, 1905 .
  • Lestidium orientale Ho et al., 2019 .
  • Lestidium prolixum Harry, 1953 .
  • Lestidium rofeni Ho et al., 2020 .
• Lestrolepis
  

  Lestrolepis japonica
  • Lestrolepis intermedia (Ege, 1933) .
  • Lestrolepis japonica (Tanaka, 1908) .
  • Lestrolepis luetkeni (Ege, 1933) .
  • Lestrolepis pofi (Harry, 1953) .
• Macroparalepis
  • Macroparalepis affinis Ege, 1933 .
  • Macroparalepis brevis Ege, 1933 .
  • Macroparalepis danae Ege, 1933 .
  • Macroparalepis macrogeneion Post, 1973 .
  • Macroparalepis nigra (Maul, 1965) .

literature

• Michael J. Ghedotti, Ryan W. Barton, Andrew M. Simons, Matthew P. Davis: The first report of luminescent liver tissue in fishes: Evolution and structure of bioluminescent organs in the deep-sea naked barracudinas (Aulopiformes: Lestidiidae). Journal of Morphology, 2014, DOI: 10.1002 / jmor.20341
• Joseph S. Nelson, Terry C. Grande, Mark VH Wilson: Fishes of the World. Wiley, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2016, ISBN 978-1118342336