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Family: Gonostomatidae Bristlemouths



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31 species (see list below)

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Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 7.2 cm SL
Bonapartia pedaliota Goode & Bean, 1896

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Bonapartia pedaliota
[Longray fangjaw]

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.

Atlantic, Indian and Paci
Max. Length 6.5 cm SL
Cyclothone acclinidens Garman, 1899

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.
 
Cyclothone acclinidens
[Benttooth bristlemouth]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Circumglobal. Atlantic O
Max. Length 3.4 cm SL
Cyclothone alba Brauer, 1906

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Cyclothone alba
[Bristlemouth]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

North Pacific
Max. Length 6.2 cm SL
Cyclothone atraria Gilbert, 1905

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Cyclothone atraria
[Deep-water bristlemouth]

Photo by Costa, F.

Atlantic, Indian and Sout
Max. Length 3.8 cm SL
Cyclothone braueri Jespersen & Tåning, 1926

Photo by Costa, F.
 
Cyclothone braueri
[Garrick]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 4.2 cm SL
 
Cyclothone kobayashii
[Kobayashi's bristlemouth]

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 5 cm SL
Cyclothone livida Brauer, 1902

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.
 
Cyclothone livida
[]

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.

Widely distributed in all
Max. Length 7.6 cm TL
Cyclothone microdon (Günther, 1878)

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.
 
Cyclothone microdon
[Veiled anglemouth]

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.

Atlantic, Indian and Paci
Max. Length 6.6 cm SL
Cyclothone obscura Brauer, 1902

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.
 
Cyclothone obscura
[Hidden bristlemouth]

Photo by SFSA

Atlantic, Indian and Paci
Max. Length 7.5 cm SL
Cyclothone pallida Brauer, 1902

Photo by SFSA
 
Cyclothone pallida
[Tan bristlemouth]
No picture found
Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 6.7 cm SL
 
Cyclothone parapallida
[Shadow bristlemouth]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Atlantic, Indian and Paci
Max. Length 5.8 cm SL
Cyclothone pseudopallida Mukhacheva, 1964

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Cyclothone pseudopallida
[Slender bristlemouth]

Photo by Costa, F.

Mediterranean Sea endemic
Max. Length 2.9 cm SL
Cyclothone pygmaea Jespersen & Tåning, 1926

Photo by Costa, F.
 
Cyclothone pygmaea
[]

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 3 cm TL
Cyclothone signata Garman, 1899

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.
 
Cyclothone signata
[Showy bristlemouth]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 18 cm SL
 
Diplophos australis
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 32 cm SL
 
Diplophos orientalis
[]
No picture found
North Pacific.
 
Diplophos pacificus
[]

Photo by SFSA

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Diplophos rebainsi Krefft & Parin, 1972

Photo by SFSA
 
Diplophos rebainsi
[Rebains' portholefish]

Photo by Dubosc, J.

Cosmopolitan. Eastern At
Max. Length 27.6 cm SL
Diplophos taenia Günther, 1873

Photo by Dubosc, J.
 
Diplophos taenia
[Pacific portholefish]

Photo by SFSA

Worldwide. Eastern Atlan
Max. Length 6.6 cm SL
Gonostoma atlanticum Norman, 1930

Photo by SFSA
 
Gonostoma atlanticum
[Atlantic fangjaw]

Photo by Costa, F.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 14 cm SL
Gonostoma denudatum Rafinesque, 1810

Photo by Costa, F.
 
Gonostoma denudatum
[]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
 
Manducus greyae
[]

Photo by JAMARC

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 27.9 cm SL
Manducus maderensis (Johnson, 1890)

Photo by JAMARC
 
Manducus maderensis
[]

Photo by Dubosc, J.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 8.3 cm SL
Margrethia obtusirostra Jespersen & Tåning, 1919

Photo by Dubosc, J.
 
Margrethia obtusirostra
[Bighead portholefish]
No picture found
Circumglobal
Max. Length 7.2 cm TL
 
Margrethia valentinae
[]

Photo by Orlov, A.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 20 cm SL
Sigmops bathyphilus (Vaillant, 1884)

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Sigmops bathyphilus
[Spark anglemouth]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 9.7 cm SL
 
Sigmops ebelingi
[Ebeling's fangjaw]

Photo by Reyes, R.B.

Worldwide. Mediterranean
Max. Length 27.5 cm TL
Sigmops elongatus (Günther, 1878)

Photo by Reyes, R.B.
 
Sigmops elongatus
[Elongated bristlemouth fish]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 13.3 cm SL
Sigmops gracilis (Günther, 1878)

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Sigmops gracilis
[Slender fangjaw]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
 
Sigmops longipinnis
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Tropical waters of all oc
Max. Length 36 cm SL
Triplophos hemingi (McArdle, 1901)

Photo by Shao, K.T.
 
Triplophos hemingi
[]
31 Species of Family Gonostomatidae
(Bristlemouths)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1896 Bonapartia pedaliota Longray fangjaw Eastern Atlantic 7.2 SL
1899 Cyclothone acclinidens Benttooth bristlemouth Atlantic, Indian and Paci 6.5 SL
1906 Cyclothone alba Bristlemouth Circumglobal. Atlantic O 3.4 SL
1905 Cyclothone atraria Deep-water bristlemouth North Pacific 6.2 SL
1926 Cyclothone braueri Garrick Atlantic, Indian and Sout 3.8 SL
1994 Cyclothone kobayashii Kobayashi's bristlemouth Southern Ocean 4.2 SL
1902 Cyclothone livida Eastern Atlantic 5 SL
1878 Cyclothone microdon Veiled anglemouth Widely distributed in all 7.6 TL
1902 Cyclothone obscura Hidden bristlemouth Atlantic, Indian and Paci 6.6 SL
1902 Cyclothone pallida Tan bristlemouth Atlantic, Indian and Paci 7.5 SL
1982 Cyclothone parapallida Shadow bristlemouth Atlantic Ocean 6.7 SL
1964 Cyclothone pseudopallida Slender bristlemouth Atlantic, Indian and Paci 5.8 SL
1926 Cyclothone pygmaea Mediterranean Sea endemic 2.9 SL
1899 Cyclothone signata Showy bristlemouth Eastern Pacific 3 TL
1990 Diplophos australis Southern Ocean 18 SL
1940 Diplophos orientalis Northwest Pacific 32 SL
1889 Diplophos pacificus North Pacific.
1972 Diplophos rebainsi Rebains' portholefish Southwest Pacific 25 TL
1873 Diplophos taenia Pacific portholefish Cosmopolitan. Eastern At 27.6 SL
1930 Gonostoma atlanticum Atlantic fangjaw Worldwide. Eastern Atlan 6.6 SL
1810 Gonostoma denudatum Eastern Atlantic 14 SL
1970 Manducus greyae Indo-West Pacific
1890 Manducus maderensis Eastern Atlantic 27.9 SL
1919 Margrethia obtusirostra Bighead portholefish Eastern Atlantic 8.3 SL
1982 Margrethia valentinae Circumglobal 7.2 TL
1884 Sigmops bathyphilus Spark anglemouth Eastern Atlantic 20 SL
1960 Sigmops ebelingi Ebeling's fangjaw Western Pacific 9.7 SL
1878 Sigmops elongatus Elongated bristlemouth fish Worldwide. Mediterranean 27.5 TL
1878 Sigmops gracilis Slender fangjaw Pacific Ocean 13.3 SL
1972 Sigmops longipinnis Southeast Pacific
1901 Triplophos hemingi Tropical waters of all oc 36 SL



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