Stareater (fish)

Snaggletooth
Astronesthes sp. (2008). The soft skin on this specimen was damaged by the net in which it was collected.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Subclass: Neopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Stomiidae
Genus: Astronesthes
J. Richardson, 1845
Species

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Snaggletooths or stareaters are any of a number of small, deep-sea stomiid fish in the genus Astronesthes. They possess a bioluminescent red chin barbel that the fish use as a lure to attract small prey into striking distance.

The fish have delicate skin, and mouths filled with sharp, needlelike, curved teeth.[1]

Species

There are currently 48 recognized species in this genus: [2]

  • Astronesthes atlanticus Parin & Borodulina, 1996
  • Astronesthes bilobatus Parin & Borodulina, 1996 (Twinlobe snaggletooth)
  • Astronesthes boulengeri Gilchrist, 1902 (Boulenger's snaggletooth)
  • Astronesthes caulophorus Regan & Trewavas, 1929
  • Astronesthes chrysophekadion (Bleeker, 1849)
  • Astronesthes cyaneus (A. B. Brauer, 1902)
  • Astronesthes decoratus Parin & Borodulina, 2002
  • Astronesthes dupliglandis Parin & Borodulina, 1997
  • Astronesthes exsul Parin & Borodulina, 2002 (Exile snaggletooth)
  • Astronesthes fedorovi Parin & Borodulina, 1994
  • Astronesthes formosana Y. C. Liao, L. S. Chen & K. T. Shao, 2006
  • Astronesthes galapagensis Parin, Borodulina & Hulley, 1999
  • Astronesthes gemmifer Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
  • Astronesthes gibbsi Borodulina, 1992
  • Astronesthes gudrunae Parin & Borodulina, 2002
  • Astronesthes haplophos Parin & Borodulina, 2002
  • Astronesthes ijimai S. Tanaka (I), 1908 (Ijima's snaggletooth)
  • Astronesthes illuminatus Parin, Borodulina & Hulley, 1999
  • Astronesthes indicus A. B. Brauer, 1902 (Black snaggletooth)
  • Astronesthes indopacificus Parin & Borodulina, 1997 (Indo-Pacific snaggletooth)
  • Astronesthes karsteni Parin & Borodulina, 2002
  • Astronesthes kreffti Gibbs & McKinney, 1988 (Krefft's snaggletooth)
  • Astronesthes lamellosus Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970
  • Astronesthes lampara Parin & Borodulina, 1998
  • Astronesthes leucopogon Regan & Trewavas, 1929
  • Astronesthes lucibucca Parin & Borodulina, 1996
  • Astronesthes lucifer C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Pacific astronesthid fish)
  • Astronesthes luetkeni Regan & Trewavas, 1929
  • Astronesthes lupina Whitley, 1941 (Little wolf)
  • Astronesthes macropogon Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970
  • Astronesthes martensii Klunzinger, 1871
  • Astronesthes micropogon Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970
  • Astronesthes neopogon Regan & Trewavas, 1929
  • Astronesthes niger J. Richardson, 1845
  • Astronesthes nigroides Gibbs & Aron, 1960
  • Astronesthes oligoa Parin & Borodulina, 2002
  • Astronesthes psychrolutes (Gibbs & S. H. Weitzman, 1965) (Temperate snaggletooth)
  • Astronesthes quasiindicus Parin & Borodulina, 1996
  • Astronesthes richardsoni (Poey, 1852) (Richardson's snaggletooth)
  • Astronesthes similus A. E. Parr, 1927
  • Astronesthes spatulifer Gibbs & McKinney, 1988
  • Astronesthes splendidus A. B. Brauer, 1902 (Splendid snaggletooth)
  • Astronesthes tanibe Parin & Borodulina, 2001
  • Astronesthes tatyanae Parin & Borodulina, 1998
  • Astronesthes tchuvasovi Parin & Borodulina, 1996
  • Astronesthes trifibulatus Gibbs, Amaoka & Haruka, 1984 (Triplethread snaggletooth)
  • Astronesthes zetgibbsi Parin & Borodulina, 1997
  • Astronesthes zharovi Parin & Borodulina, 1998

References

  1. ↑ Stewart, Andrew. "Science report: Denizens of the deep: daggertooth and stareater." NZ IPY-CAML Voyage 2008. 2008. Ministry of Fisheries. Crown Copyright: 2008. http://www.fish.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/7CF525AF-2985-4152-B225-28E52E389F3B/0/IPYdiary10.pdf
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Astronesthes in FishBase. February 2012 version.
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