Sudis hyalina

Sudis hyalina
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	Paralepididae
Genus:	Sudis
Species:	S. hyalina
Binomial name
Sudis hyalina (Rafinesque, 1810)
Synonyms[2]
Paralepis hyalina Rafinesque, 1810 Paralepis hyalinus Rafinesque, 1810 Sudis hyaline Rafinesque, 1810 Sudis hyalinus Rafinesque, 1810

Sudis hyalina is a species of fish in the family Paralepididae (barracudinas).^[3][4]

Name

Its specific name hyalina is from the Ancient Greek ὑάλῐνος (hyalinos, "crystal, glass").^[5]

It has no common name in English, but is known in Turkish as yalanci zargana ("false garfish") or derin deniz turna baligi ("deep-sea pike") and in Hebrew as ליסטים ארוך-סנפיר (listim aroch-snapir, "long-fin bandit"); this name refers to its long pectoral fins.^[6][7]

Description

Sudis hyalina is elongated, maximum 1 m (3.3 ft) long, and silvery-pink in colour.^[8] It has large teeth in the lower jaw, fixed and armed with serrated edges. It has 59 or 60 vertebrae.^[9][7]

Habitat

Sudis hyalina lives in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. It is mesopelagic to bathypelagic, living at 200–2,000 m (660–6,560 ft).^[8]

Behaviour

Sudis hyalina spawns near the surface in temperate to tropical waters.^[10]

It is believed to be one of the fish responsible for chewing at submarine communications cable.^[11][12]

References

1. Bannermann, P.; Poss, S.; Russell, B.; Nunoo, F. (2015). "Sudis hyalina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190101A15589147. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190101A15589147.en.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sudis hyalina Rafinesque, 1810". www.marinespecies.org.
3. "Zoologica: Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society". Zoologica. (New York). September 2, 1951 – via Google Books.
4. McEachran, John; Fechhelm, Janice D. (June 17, 2013). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292757059 – via Google Books.
5. Zoology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of; Günther, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (September 2, 1864). "Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum". Wheldon & Wesley – via Google Books.
6. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sudis hyalina Rafinesque, 1810". www.marinespecies.org.
7. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Sudis hyalina". species-identification.org.
8. "Sudis hyalina". www.fishbase.se.
9. Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642828584 – via Google Books.
10. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sudis hyalina Rafinesque, 1810". www.marinespecies.org.
11. "Sudis hyalina". fishbase.mnhn.fr.
12. Priede, I. G. (August 10, 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107083820 – via Google Books.