Sigmops gracilis

• Main Authors: Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W., Maslenikov, Katherine P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Stomiiformes; Gonostomatidae; Sigmops; Sigmops gracilis; Yukon; Bering Sea; Pacific; Milton; Sinclair; Beaufort Sea; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5601615; https://zenodo.org/record/5601615

Sigmops gracilis (Günther, 1878). Slender Fangjaw . To 14.6 cm (6 in) SL (Sinclair and Stabeno 2002).; Central and northern Japan (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); eastern Bering Sea (57°45’N, 173°56’W) (Maslenikov et al. 2013) and eastern North Pacific Ocean as far south as northern California (40°54’N, 124°29’W) (Personal communication: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Fish Collection, Seattle, Washington); confirmed by Katherine Maslenikov). Primarily mesopelagic; depth: near surface to 4,389 m (14,399 ft) (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). : Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008 : {"references": ["Sinclair, E. H. & Stabeno, P. J. (2002) Mesopelagic nekton and associated physics of the southeastern Bering Sea. Deep-Sea Research, 49, 6127 - 6145. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / s 0967 - 0645 (02) 00337 - 5", "Nakabo, T. (Ed.). (2002) Fishes of Japan with Pictorial Keys to the Species. Tokai University Press, Tokyo.", "Maslenikov, K. P., Orr, J. W. & Stevenson, D. W. (2013) Range extensions and significant distributional records for eighty-two species of fishes in Alaskan marine waters. Northwestern Naturalist, 94, 1 - 21. https: // doi. org / 10.1898 / 12 - 23.1"]}