Northern smoothtongue (Leuroglossus schmidti) fish species and information / pictures of Northern smoothtongue - Leuroglossus schmidti

Northern smoothtongue (Leuroglossus schmidti) fish species information

Scientific Name
Leuroglossus schmidti

Common Name
Northern smoothtongue

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 11 - 14; Vertebrae: 47 - 52. Body slender and compressed. Anal fin base short, and almost equal to dorsal fin base. snout pointed. Eye diameter shorter than snout length. Upper jaw shorter than lower jaw. Teeth present on lower jaw, prevomer, palatine, but not on upper jaw. Branchiostegals, 2. Color silvery, dusky on dorsal surface and fins (Ref. 6885).

Classification

Classified By

Rass, 1955

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Smelts (Osmeriformes)

Family

Deep-sea smelts (Bathylagidae)

Distribution

Region

North Pacific

Distribution

North Pacific: southeastern Hokkaido, Japan to Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea and southern British Columbia, Canada. Possibly in Kamchatka (Ref. 6885). Regarded as a subspecies of Leuroglossus stilbius, Gilbert 1890 but Peden (1981) presented evidence for separating the two and Dunn (1983) placed them in the genus Leuroglossus.

Range

61°N -

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

0 m

Depth To - meters

1800 m

Zone

bathyalpelagic

Environment

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 1800 m (Ref. 6793)

Trophic Level

Unknown

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

15.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

Unknown

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: of no interest

Vulnerability

Unknown

Resilience

Unknown

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated