Cyclothone
| Cyclothone | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Veiled Anglemouth (C. microdon) | |
 | |
| Tan Bristlemouth (C. pallida) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Gonostomatidae |
| Genus: | Cyclothone Goode & T. H. Bean, 1883 |
Cyclothone is a genus of bioluminescent bristlemouths which typically grow to around 3 inches (though some species are known to be larger). They are most commonly found at depths exceeding 1000 feet.[1]
The genus is believed to be more abundant than any other vertebrate genus on Earth, numbering up to quadrillion individuals.[2]
Species
There are currently 13 recognized extant[3] and one extinct[4] species in this genus:
- Cyclothone acclinidens Garman, 1899 (Benttooth bristlemouth)
- Cyclothone alba A. B. Brauer, 1906 (Bristlemouth)
- Cyclothone atraria C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Deep-water bristlemouth)
- Cyclothone braueri Jespersen & Tåning, 1926 (Garrick)
- Cyclothone kobayashii Miya, 1994 (Kobayashi's bristlemouth)
- Cyclothone livida A. B. Brauer, 1902
- Cyclothone microdon (Günther, 1878) (Veiled anglemouth)
- Cyclothone obscura A. B. Brauer, 1902 (Hidden bristlemouth)
- Cyclothone pallida A. B. Brauer, 1902 (Tan bristlemouth)
- Cyclothone parapallida Badcock, 1982 (Shadow bristlemouth)
- Cyclothone pseudopallida Mukhacheva, 1964 (Slender bristlemouth)
- Cyclothone pygmaea Jespersen & Tåning, 1926
- Cyclothone signata Garman, 1899 (Showy bristlemouth)
- Cyclothone mukhachevae Nazarkin, 2015 – extinct, from the Miocene.[4]
References
- ↑ Proujan. C., (1979), SECRETS OF THE SEA, 2nd ed., London: Reader's Digest Association Limited pg.60
- ↑ Broad, William J. (June 29, 2015). "An Ocean Mystery in the Trillions". The New York Times. Retrieved August 2015.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Cyclothone in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- 1 2 Nazarkin, M. V. (2015) "Fossil bristlemouth Cyclothone mukhachevae sp. nov.(Stomiiformes: Gonostomatidae) from the Neogene of western Sakhalin, Russia". Paleontological Journal, 49 (2): 162–175. doi:10.1134/S0031030115020045
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