Cyclothone signata explained

Cyclothone signata, the showy bristlemouth, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyclothone.[1] [2]

Cyclothone alba was originally described as a subspecies of C. signata: Cyclothone signata alba, by Brauer in 1906.[3]

Description

C. signata is disruptively colored,[4] typically being either gray or transparent.[5]

Ecology

The species is usually found to be bimodally distributed among the shallow and deep ends of the mesopelagic zone, 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. Encounters with the species are rare, but one sample, taken off the coast of the Gulf of Maine in 1915, measured 23mm.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ITIS Standard Report Page: Cyclothone signata. live. 2021-07-26. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://web.archive.org/web/20111029012017/http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=162168 . 2011-10-29 .
  2. Web site: Cyclothone signata, Showy bristlemouth. live. 2021-07-27. Fishbase. https://web.archive.org/web/20210727004317/https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/25278 . 2021-07-27 .
  3. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyclothone signata Garman, 1899. live. 2021-07-26. World Register of Marine Species. https://web.archive.org/web/20141021080037/http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154831 . 2014-10-21 .
  4. 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. 10.2307/1442785. 1442785.
  5. Web site: Cyclothone. live. 2021-07-27. Gulf of Maine Research Institute. https://web.archive.org/web/20030524112548/http://www.gma.org:80/fogm/Cyclothone_signata.htm . 2003-05-24 .
  6. 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. 10.2307/1442749. 1442749.
  7. Book: Bigelow. Henry B.. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. Schroeder. William C.. United States Government Printing Office. 1953. 978-0598917881. 146–147. Henry Bryant Bigelow. William Charles Schroeder.

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