Author: Bertelsen and Marshall, 1956
Parataeniophorus gulosus Bertelsen and Marshall, 1956
Status in World Register of Marine Species:
Accepted name: Parataeniophorus gulosus Bertelsen and Marshall, 1956 (updated 2009-06-25)
Diagnosis: snout to origin of dorsal and anal fins 67-69% SL, caudal peduncle 12% SL. D 28-33; A 23-29; P about 20; V 9-10. Size: to 35 mm.
Habitat: larvae and adolescents epipelagic, except for largest specimen which was caught between 700 and 1,400 m. Food: stomach contents copepods. Reproduction: no data.
Distribution: several specimens from Clofnam area south of about 35° N. Elsewhere, tropical and subtropical parts of Atlantic and western Indian Ocean.
Eggs, larvae and young stages. Bertelsen and Marshall, 1956: 17-18, fig. 10.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.