Malacosteus niger Ayres, 1848

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 179

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12711729
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BA-E36E-3F32-762D-DDF2EDA0FCA7
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scientific name	Malacosteus niger Ayres, 1848
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Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 25.6 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 500-3886 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: worldwide in all oceans from Arctic latitudes at 66°N to approx. 30°S in the southern hemisphere. Records for Gabon: MCZ 131803-1971; MNHN 1964-0368.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Stomiiformes
Family	Stomiidae
Genus	Malacosteus

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