Lestidium atlanticum Borodin, 1928
Atlantic barracudina
photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Family:  Lestidiidae (Naked barracudinas)
Max. size:  25 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathypelagic; marine; depth range 50 - 1270 m
Distribution:  Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of the three major oceans.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 26-30. Body pale with greyish dorsal band; adults with a heavily pigmented caudal peduncle except for the light band along the lateral line (Ref. 4056).
Biology:  Oceanic species (Ref. 26340) occurring from the surface (young) to about 1,000 m depth (Ref. 4473).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 17 June 2013 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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