Grammatostomias flagellibarba explained

Grammatostomias flagellibarba is a species of barbeled dragonfish. They live at depths of up to 1,500 m (5,000 ft) below the surface and usually measure up to 15.2 cm (6 in) in length.^[1]

Type specimen and description

The type specimen was caught in a shrimp trawl by the Helga on 12 November 1909 at 51° 20' N, 11° 56' W, southwest of Ireland. They were trawling over bottom 736 fathoms (4416 ft) deep, but "the net never touched bottom, and probably did not go deeper than 700 fathoms" (4200 ft).^[2]

It is black and possesses a chin barbel that is about six times as long as the body, a large photophore behind and just below each eye, and two rows of very small photophores on each side of the body.^[2]

Distribution

It is found in the North Atlantic, specifically off southern Ireland and in the Bay of Biscay.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: J. D. Knight . Deep Sea Dragonfish – Deep Sea Creatures on Sea and Sky . Seasky.org . 2016-05-06.
2. Holt, Ernest W. L. & L. W. Byrne. (1910). "Preliminary diagnosis of a new stomiatoid fish from south-west of Ireland". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany and Geology, Being a Continuation of the 'Magazine of Botany and Zoology', and of Louden and Charlesworth's 'Magazine of Natural History, Series 8 6: 294-297.
3. Web site: Grammatostomias flagellibarba. https://web.archive.org/web/20150825214445/http://www.fishbase.us/summary/Grammatostomias-flagellibarba.html . dead . August 25, 2015 . Froese, R. . D. Pauly. FishBase. 2016. January 2, 2013 .