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Aldrovandia gracilis Goode & Bean, 1896 |
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photo by
NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory |
| Family: | Halosauridae (Halosaurs) | |||
| Max. size: | 55 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | bathypelagic; marine; depth range 460 - 2560 m | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Atlantic: Western Sahara to Sierra Leone. Western Atlantic: Virginia, USA to the Lesser Antilles, mainly the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. The only record off Nova Scotia is doubtful. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Few gill rakers on the 1st branchial arch. Short maxillary spine and the broad and scaleless interorbital region. Peculiar structure of lateral line. Grayish white in color (Ref. 37108). | |||
| Biology: | Found on the continental slope and rise. Feeds mainly on benthic organisms which includes pelecypods, amphipods, mysids, polychaetes and ophiuroids (Ref. 4448). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 16 February 2011 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||