Leptostomias gladiator

Species of fish

Leptostomias gladiator

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Stomiiformes
Family:  | Stomiidae
Genus:  | Leptostomias
Species:  |

L. gladiator

Binomial name
Leptostomias gladiator

(Zugmayer, 1911)

Synonyms[2]

* Leptostomias problematicus Parr, 1927
* Leptostomias ramosus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
* Melanostomias gladiator Zugmayer, 1911
* Melanostomias problematicus Parr, 1927
* Melanostomias ramosus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
* Nematostomias gladiator Zugmayer, 1911

Leptostomias gladiator is a species of fish in the family Stomiidae (barbeled dragonfish).[3][4][5] It is sometimes called the scaleless dragonfish, but that name is shared with many other species.[6][7]

## Description

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Leptostomias gladiator has a slender body, blackish brown to deep black.[8] The bulb of its barbel is creamy yellow, and its photophores are violet. Its length is maximum 37.3 cm (14.7 in).[9] It has 19–22 dorsal soft rays and 23–29 anal soft rays.[10][11] It has 77 vertebrae.[12]

## Habitat

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Leptostomias gladiator lives in non-polar oceans worldwide.[13] It is bathypelagic, living at depths up to 5,000 m (3.1 mi).[10]

## Behaviour

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Leptostomias gladiator eats lanternfish.[12]

## References

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1. ^ Harold, Anthony (July 15, 2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Leptostomias gladiator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Molva macrophthalma (Rafinesque, 1810)". www.marinespecies.org.
3. ^ "Collected Reprints". The Center. August 31, 1987 - via Google Books.
4. ^ Bigelow, Henry B.; Cohen, Daniel M.; Dick, Myvanwy M.; Jr, Robert H. Gibbs; Grey, Marion; Jr, James E. Morrow; Schultz, Leonard P.; Walters, Vladimir (October 23, 2018). Soft-rayed Bony Fishes: Orders Isospondyli and Giganturoidei: Part 4. Yale University Press. ISBN 9781933789279 - via Google Books.
5. ^ "Taxonomy browser (Leptostomias gladiator)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
6. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leptostomias gladiator (Zugmayer, 1911)". www.marinespecies.org.
7. ^ "Leptostomias gladiator - (Zugmayer, 1911)". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
8. ^ Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642828584 - via Google Books.
9. ^ Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United (August 1, 2020). Identification guide to the mesopelagic fishes of the central and south east Atlantic Ocean. Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 9789251330944 - via Google Books.
10. ^ a b "Leptostomias gladiator". www.fishbase.de.
11. ^ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Leptostomias gladiator". species-identification.org.
12. ^ a b McEachran, John; Fechhelm, Janice D. (June 17, 2013). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292757059 - via Google Books.
13. ^ "Leptostomias gladiator (Zugmayer, 1911)". www.gbif.org.

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Taxon identifiers

Leptostomias gladiator|

* Wikidata: Q1108461
* BOLD: 141130
* CoL: 3TWD8
* EUNIS: 124792
* FishBase: 11769
* GBIF: 2346898
* iNaturalist: 459305
* IRMNG: 10154879
* ITIS: 162255
* IUCN: 18257269
* NatureServe: 2.932212
* NBN: NHMSYS0000329129
* NCBI: 882839
* NZOR: 133b613c-bed2-4b91-b2f5-dc0d1ab1ea7c
* OBIS: 127355
* Open Tree of Life: 959367
* WoRMS: 127355

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