Pacific Jellynose Fish, Ateleopus sp.

A jellynose fish, Ateleopus sp. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A long, slender deep-sea fish with a soft flabby body, a large bulbous gelatinous snout with an inferior mouth, and a long tapering tail. The high short-based dorsal fin is situated just behind the head, and the long-based anal fin begins at about midbody and is continuous with the caudal fin. Jellynose fishes are usually brownish to dark brown or blackish.

Video of an unknown jellynose species filmed at at Cocos, Costa Rica, depth 1000 m.

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Bray, D.J. 2022, Ateleopus sp. in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3018

Pacific Jellynose Fish, Ateleopus sp.

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Distribution	In Australian waters, the Pacific Jellynose Fish has been recorded from off north-western Western Australia and from the eastern Australian coast from off southern Queensland to east of Bass Strait, Tasmania. The species is benthopelagic on the continental shelf and slope in depths of 130-850 m.
Colour	Brownish to dark brown, fins usually darker.
Biology	Very little is known of the biology of jellynose fishes, although postlarvae have been described.
Fisheries	Although of no interest to fisheries, this species may be taken as by-catch in commercial fisheries throughout its range.
Conservation
Remarks
Etymology	Ateleopus is derived from the Greek atelís (= imperfect) and pús (= foot), in reference to the reduced pelvic fins of jellynose fishes.
Species Citation
Author	Bray, D.J. 2022
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Pacific Jellynose Fish, Ateleopus sp.

References

Moore, J.A. 1999. Family Ateleopodidae, p. 1918 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 1397-2068 pp.

Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. 4th ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey. 601 pp.

Olney, J.E. 1998. Ateleopodiformes, p. 158. In Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Fishes. Academic Press, San Diego.

Sasaki, K., Y. Tanaka & Y. Takata. 2006. Cranial morphology of Ateleopus japonicus (Ateleopodidae: Ateleopodiformes), with a discussion on metamorphic mouth migration and lampridiform affinities. Ichthyological Research 53(3): 254-263.