Gonostomatidae
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Descriptive notes :
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Adults attain about 7cm in body length.
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Short body compressed.
Snout small and round.
Eyes
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Mouth small and oblique.
Tiny teeth in both jaws.
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No teeth present on vomer and preopercle.
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Scales large and cycloid.
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Luminous organs present on sides of body in two rows and
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Dorsal surface dark—brown; ventrài surface, silver-white.
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Live in schools in the middle waters and in waters of
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depths of 250—300mFound in the stomach of codfish and cuttiefish.
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Detailed ecology of this species is not known.
Found abundantly in the waters of the central and the
southern parts of Japan’s main island, especially in
Toyama Bay.
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Compôratiyely large bulbus olfactorius adhered to lobus
olfactorius which is not well-developed.
Optic lobe large.
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L_obus inferior small, but saccus vasculosus very large.
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Corpus cerebelli small, but crista cerebelli and
acoustico-lateral lobe well-developed.
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