著者

Okamoto Makoto Matsuda Kouji Matsuda Tamaki

出版者

日本動物分類学会

雑誌

Species diversity : an international journal for taxonomy, systematics, speciation, biogeography, and life history research of animals (ISSN:13421670)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.15, no.3, pp.131-138, 2010-12-30

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A pelagic juvenile (43.0mm standard length) of the morid Gadella jordani (Bohlke and Mead, 1951) was collected from Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. It has a characteristically elongated body, long dorsal and anal fin bases with 73 rays in each fin, the anus located more anteriorly than the origin of the second dorsal fin, a ventral light organ, and no chin barbel. We describe the morphology of this specimen and also present a color photograph of it in life. This is the first report of any early life stage in this species.