Hymenocephalus lethonemus

Taxobox
name = "Hymenocephalus lethonemus"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Gadiformes
familia = Macrouridae
genus = "Hymenocephalus"
species = "H. lethonemus"
binomial = "Hymenocephalus lethonemus"
binomial_authority = Jordan & Gilbert, 1904

"Hymenocephalus lethonemus" is a species of rattail. It occurs at depths of up to 485 m in the waters off southern Japan, the Philippines and northern Taiwan.

This is a small, slender rattail with a total length of up to 14 cm. It has a fairly long, sharp snout, small eyes, a large mouth and no chin barbel. There is a long bioluminescent organ with two external lenses just in front of the anus.

References

* [http://www.sinica.edu.tw/zool/zoolstud/43.1/35.pdf A new species, "Caelorinchus sheni", and 19 new records of grenadiers (Pisces: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from Taiwan - CHIOU Mei-Luen ; SHAO Kwang-Tsao ; IWAMOTO Tomio]