Blackfin waryfish | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Aulopiformes |
Family: | Notosudidae |
Genus: | Scopelosaurus |
Species: | S. lepidus |
Binomial name | |
Scopelosaurus lepidus | |
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The blackfin waryfish (Scopelosaurus lepidus) is a species of fish in the family Notosudidae (waryfish). [3] [4]
The blackfin waryfish is pinkish black in colour, with the pectoral fins having a large black patch covering their basal two-thirds and a white distal stripe. [5] [6] It has a maximum length of 36.4 cm (14.3 in) and 59 or 60 vertebrae. [7]
The blackfin waryfish lives in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is benthopelagic and oceanodromous, living at depths of 70–2,500 m (230–8,200 ft). [8]
The young feeds on copepods while the adults feed on euphausiids, hyperiids and mesopelagic fish. [9] Spawning occurs in midwater far offshore, including in the Sargasso Sea. [10] It is eaten by Sebastes (ocean perch). [7]
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