Blackfin waryfish

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Blackfin waryfish
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Notosudidae
Genus: Scopelosaurus
Species:
S. lepidus
Binomial name
Scopelosaurus lepidus
(Krefft & Maul, 1955)
Synonyms [2]
  • Notosudis lepidaKrefft & Maul, 1955

The blackfin waryfish (Scopelosaurus lepidus) is a species of fish in the family Notosudidae (waryfish). [3] [4]

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Description

Dorsal view, with black fins visible. Scopelosaurus lepidus.jpg
Dorsal view, with black fins visible.

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]

Habitat

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]

Behaviour

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]

References

  1. ↑ Russell, B.; Poss, S.; Nunoo, F.; Bannermann, P. (2015). "Scopelosaurus lepidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T190389A15603095. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190389A15603095.en .
  2. ↑ WoRMS. "Scopelosaurus lepidus (Krefft & Maul, 1955)". World Register of Marine Species .
  3. ↑ Bertelsen, Erik; Krefft, Gerhard; Marshall, Norman Bertram (July 11, 1976). The Fishes of the Family Notosudidae. Scandinavian Science Press – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Canada, Fisheries Research Board of (July 11, 1967). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada: Journal de L'Office Des Recherches Sur Les Pêcheries Du Canada. Fisheries Research Board of Canada. – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ McEachran, John (July 11, 2010). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press. ISBN   978-0-292-79323-1 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Scopelosaurus lepidus (Blackfin waryfish)". www.descna.com.
  7. 1 2 Anderson, William W.; Berry, Frederick H.; Böhlke, James E.; Bolin, Rolf L.; Gehringer, Jack W.; Jr, Robert H. Gibbs; Gosline, William A.; Marshall, N. B.; Mead, Giles W.; Rofen, Robert R.; Wilimovsky, Norman J. (October 23, 2018). Orders Iniomi and Lyomeri: Part 5. Yale University Press. ISBN   978-1-933789-15-6 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ Bertelsen, Erik; Krefft, Gerhard; Marshall, Norman Bertram (July 11, 1976). "The Fishes of the Family Notosudidae". Scandinavian Science Press – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "Marine Species Identification Portal: Scopelosaurus lepidus". species-identification.org.
  10. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scopelosaurus lepidus (Krefft & Maul, 1955) | Blackfin waryfish". FishBase .


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