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Bristlemouth

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Benttooth bristlemouth, Cyclothone acclinidens Garman, 1899.
Cyclothone alba Brauer, 1906.
Deep-water bristlemouth, Cyclothone atraria Gilbert, 1905.
Garrick, Cyclothone braueri Jespersen & TÃ¥ning, 1926.
Cyclothone kobayashii Miya, 1994.

 


STOMIIFORMES
bristlemouths, marine hatchetfishes, lightfishes, viperfishes, saly dragonfishes, snaggletoothes, scaleless black dragonfishes, loosejaws, black dragonfishes
ATELEOPODIFORMES
jellynose fishes ...

The World Over: Sampling via deep trawling indicates that, together with the bristlemouths (Gonostomatidae) and lightfishes (Phosichthyidae), lanternfish account for as much as 90% of all deep sea fish biomass.

Cookiecutter sharks, appear to blend with the light from above when viewed from below due to the shark's ventral photophores that disguise the shark's outline. The primary prey of the cookiecutter shark are squid, small fish (like bristlemouths), ...

See also: Gnu, Lanternfish, Diver, Whale, Dolphin