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Stareater (fish)
Encyclopedia
Snaggletooths or stareaters are any of a number of small, deep-sea stomiid
fish
in the genus Astronesthes. They possess a bioluminescent
red chin barbel
that the fish use to lure prey into striking distance.
Stomiidae
Stomiidae is a family of deep-sea ray-finned fish, including the barbeled dragonfishes, stareaters and loosejaws.Stomiids are generally elongated fish with black or near-black bodies, but they are highly variable in form, and are sometimes grouped into multiple different families as a result. The...
fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the genus Astronesthes. They possess a bioluminescent
Bioluminescence
Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism. Its name is a hybrid word, originating from the Greek bios for "living" and the Latin lumen "light". Bioluminescence is a naturally occurring form of chemiluminescence where energy is released by a chemical reaction in...
red chin barbel
Barbel (anatomy)
A barbel on a fish is a slender, whiskerlike tactile organ near the mouth. Fish that have barbels include the catfish, the carp, the goatfish, sturgeon, the zebrafish and some species of shark...
that the fish use to lure prey into striking distance.
Species
- A. atlanticus
- A. bilobatus
- A. boulengeri
- A. caulophorus
- A. chrysophekadion
- A. cyaneus
- A. cyclophotus
- A. decoratus
- A. dupliglandis
- A. exsul
- A. fedorovi
- A. formosana
- A. galapagensis
- A. gemmifer
- A. gibbsi
- A. gudrunae
- A. haplophos
- A. ijimai
- A. illuminatus
- A. indicus
- A. indopacificus
- A. karsteni
- A. kreffti
- A. lamellosus
- A. lampara
- A. leucopogon
- A. longiceps
- A. lucibucca
- A. lucifer
- A. luetkeni
- A. lupina
- A. macropogon
- A. martensii
- A. micropogon
- A. neopogon
- A. niger
- A. nigroides
- A. oligoa
- A. psychrolutes
- A. quasiindicus
- A. richardsoni
- A. similus
- A. spatulifer
- A. splendida
- A. tanibe
- A. tatyanae
- A. tchuvasovi
- A. trifibulatus
- A. zetgibbsi
- A. zharovi
- A. sp.Astronesthes sp. (2008)Astronesthes sp. is a stareater from the depths of the Antarctic Ocean south of New Zealand. It attracts small prey using the glowing red tip of a long black barbel on its chin as a lure....
(2008)