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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Paralepididae (Barracudinas)
Etymology: Sudis: Latin, sudis = esox, fish of the Rhine, cited by Plinius 9.15; it also means "stake" (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 30 - 2250 m (Ref. 47377). Deep-water, preferred ?; 32°N -

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Eastern Atlantic: one locality near the equator at 25°W. Eastern Pacific: at least 32°N to Chile (Ref. 35950), including the Hawaiian Islands (Ref. 583). Also known from Western Atlantic, from USA to Brazil (Ref. 47377).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 47377); common length : 7.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4473)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 21 - 22; Vertebrae: 52 - 55. Branchiostegal rays: 8.

Epipelagic to bathypelagic (Ref. 35950) and mesopelagic (Ref. 58302). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae, primarily in upper 250 m (Ref. 35950).

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Oviparous (Ref. 35950).

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Post, A., 1990. Sudidae. p. 385. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4474)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: of no interest

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Sudis atrox Rofen, 1963