Bristlemouth

Cyclothone alba

Five Point Six Centimeters Gonostomatid Fish from Australian Waters

White
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Europe
Oceania
South America
Elongated
Small

Cyclothone alba, commonly known as the bristlemouth, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyclothone. It is found across the world, in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans. The species was originally described as a subspecies of Cyclothone signata: Cyclothone signata alba, by Brauer in 1906.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonfishes and Allies
Family: Gonostomatidae
Genus: Cyclothone
Maximum length: 5.6 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Circumglobal. Atlantic Ocean: scattered records from Iceland (Ref. 12462 ) to the tropical region (Ref. 4769 ); off Saldanha, South Africa (Ref. 3991 ). Western Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559 ), Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6993 ), Australia (Ref. 7300 ). Southeast Pacific: Peru (Ref. 45845 ). South China Sea (Ref.74511)
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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