False boarfish

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False boarfish
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Zeiformes
Family: Oreosomatidae
Genus: Neocyttus
Species:
N. helgae
Binomial name
Neocyttus helgae
(Holt & Byrne, 1908)
Synonyms [2] [3]
  • Cyttosoma helgaeHolt & Byrne, 1908
  • Crassispinus granulosusMaul, 1948

The false boarfish (Neocyttus helgae) is a species of fish in the family Oreosomatidae (oreos). [4] [5]

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Description

The false boarfish is dark grey in colour, with a maximum length of 30.5 cm (12.0 in). It has 6–7 dorsal spines, 34–35 dorsal soft rays, 3–4 anal spines and 31–32 anal soft rays. It is diamond-shaped, with a protruding small mouth and large spiny rays present at the anterior edges of the fins. [6] [7]

Habitat

The false boarfish on a Faroese stamp; it is called by its Faroese name rutar kongur ("king of diamonds"). Faroe stamp 249 false boarfish (neocyttus helgae).gif
The false boarfish on a Faroese stamp; it is called by its Faroese name rútar kongur ("king of diamonds").

Neocyttus helgae is bathypelagic, living at depths of 915–1,829 m (3,002–6,001 ft) in the North Atlantic Ocean, [9] being found off Madeira and Ireland and in the Cantabrian Sea. [10] [11] [12]

Behaviour

The false boarfish feeds off zooplankton and raises its dorsal spine as a territorial display. [9] It feeds near to Paragorgia coral. [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Neocyttus helgae (Holt & Byrne, 1908)". www.marinespecies.org.
  3. ↑ Richards, William J. (August 8, 2005). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic, Two Volume Set. CRC Press. ISBN   9780203500217 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Baker, Maria; Ramirez-Llodra, Eva; Tyler, Paul (August 27, 2020). Natural Capital and Exploitation of the Deep Ocean. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-884165-4 – via Google Books.
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  7. ↑ "Neocyttus helgae (Holt & Byrne, 1908)". www.gbif.org.
  8. ↑ Føroysk-Ensk ordabók: with Faroese folk-lore and proverbs : and a section by W.B. Lockwood on Faroese pronunciation. Nám. July 7, 1985. ISBN   9780907715221 – via Google Books.
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