Bluefin driftfish

Bluefin driftfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Nomeidae
Genus:	Psenes
Species:	P. pellucidus
Binomial name
Psenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880
Synonyms
Papyrichthys pellucidus(Lütken, 1880) Psenes edwardsii C. H. Eigenmann, 1901 Icticus ischanus Jordan & Thompson, 1914 Caristioides amplipinnis Whitley, 1948 Cubiceps ismaelensisDieuzeide & Roland, 1955 Cubiceps nigerNümann, 1958

Psenes pellucidus, the bluefin driftfish, is a species of driftfish native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans where it is found in deep waters to a depth of 1000 m. ). It is also present in low abundance since the mid-20th century in the western Mediterranean Sea which it most likely entered via the Strait of Gibraltar. ^[2] It can reach a length of 80 cm TL. ^[3]

References

1. Dooley, J.; Marechal, J.; Pina Amargos, F.; et al. (2017) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Psenes pellucidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T16545256A115362452. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16545256A16546214.en .
2. Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Psenes pellucidus). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Psenes_pellucidus.pdf
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Psenes pellucidus". FishBase . February 2014 version.