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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Scopelarchidae (Pearleyes)
Etymology: Scopelarchus: Greek, skopelos = a lantern fish + Greek, archos = anus (Ref. 45335).

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Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 820 m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water, preferred ?

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Circumglobal in warm waters. Eastern Pacific: California Current region off southern California to the Baja California Peninsula. Western Atlantic: Off southeastern USA, the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea (Ref. 37039). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10755)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-9; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 21 - 26; Vertebrae: 44 - 49. Pigment on body limited to dark stripes dorsal and ventral to lateral line (Ref. 6601). Branchiostegal rays: 8.

Oceanic and mesopelagic (Ref. 6601, 58302). Adults have usually been taken in hauls to depths in excess of 500 m although they have also been captured at night in several hauls between 275 to 0 m. Larvae have been captured in hauls restricted to the upper 100 m and have been captured year-round throughout its range (Ref. 10755). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 35929). Synchronous hermaphrodites (Ref. 35929). Adults prey on other midwater fishes (Ref. 6691).

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Oviparous (Ref. 35929).

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Johnson, R.K., 1990. Scopelarchidae. p. 393-397. 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. 10755)

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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Scopelarchus analis (Brauer, 1902)