''Stemonosudis'' is a genus of
barracudina
Barracudinas are any member of the marine mesopelagic fish family Paralepididae: 50 or so extant species are found almost worldwide in deep waters. Several genera are known only from fossils dating back to the Ypresian epoch.
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s. These are deep water fish that resemble but are not related to barracuda. They are long and slender with pointed snouts. They are hunters with large eyes and sharp teeth. Unlike barracuda, these fish have no swim bladder.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
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Stemonosudis bullisi
''Stemonosudis bullisi'' is a species of fish found in the Western Central Atlantic and the northeastern Gulf of Mexico.
Size
This species reaches a length of .
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of marine biologist Harvey R. Bullis
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Rofen, 1963
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Stemonosudis distans
''Stemonosudis distans'' is a species of fish found in the Western Central Pacific.
Size
This species reaches a length of .
References
Paralepididae
Taxa named by Vilhelm Ege
Fish described in 1957
Fish of the Pacific Ocean
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( Ege, 1957)
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Stemonosudis elegans
''Stemonosudis elegans'', the tailspot barracudina, is a species of fish found in the Indo-Pacific.
Size
This species reaches a length of .
See also
* List of marine bony fishes of South Africa
References
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External links
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( Ege, 1933) (Tailspot barracudina)
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Stemonosudis elongata
''Stemonosudis elongata'' is a species of fish found in the Indo-Pacific from East Africa across to the Philippines, Fiji, the Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands ( haw, Nā Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major island ...
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( Ege, 1933)
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Stemonosudis gracilis
''Stemonosudis gracilis'' is a species of fish found in tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Western Pacific.
Size
This species reaches a length of .
References
Paralepididae
Taxa named by Vilhelm Ege
Fish described in 1 ...
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( Ege, 1933)
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Stemonosudis intermedia
''Stemonosudis intermedia'' is a species of fish found in tropical and subtropical waters in the Atlantic Ocean from the US to southern Brazil.
Size
This species reaches a length of .
References
Paralepididae
Taxa named by Vilhelm Ege ...
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( Ege, 1933)
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Stemonosudis macrura
''Stemonosudis macrura'' is a deep-water marine; bathypelagic fish living at the depth range , member of family Paralepididae . The fish is known to distributed in Indo-Pacific and eastern Pacific Ocean from around Point Conception State Marine ...
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( Ege, 1933)
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Stemonosudis miscella
''Stemonosudis miscella'' is a species of fish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean close to Sumatra, Indonesia
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as ...
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( Ege, 1933)
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Stemonosudis molesta
''Stemonosudis'' is a genus of barracudinas. These are deep water fish that resemble but are not related to barracuda. They are long and slender with pointed snouts. They are hunters with large eyes and sharp teeth. Unlike barracuda, these fis ...
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( N. B. Marshall, 1955)
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Stemonosudis rothschildi
''Stemonosudis'' is a genus of barracudinas. These are deep water fish that resemble but are not related to barracuda. They are long and slender with pointed snouts. They are hunters with large eyes and sharp teeth. Unlike barracuda, these fis ...
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Richards, 1967 (Rothschild's barracudina)
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Stemonosudis siliquiventer
''Stemonosudis'' is a genus of barracudinas. These are deep water fish that resemble but are not related to barracuda. They are long and slender with pointed snouts. They are hunters with large eyes and sharp teeth. Unlike barracuda, these fis ...
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Post, 1970
References
Paralepididae
Ray-finned fish genera
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