Schnakenbeck's searsid

Schnakenbeck's searsid
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Platytroctidae
Genus:	Sagamichthys
Species:	S. schnakenbecki
Binomial name
Sagamichthys schnakenbecki (Krefft, 1953)
Synonyms [2]
Holtbyrnia schankenbeckiKrefft, 1953 Holtbyrnia schnakenbeckiKrefft, 1953 Searsia schnakenbeckiKrefft, 1953

Schnakenbeck's searsid (Sagamichthys schnakenbecki) is a species of fish in the family Platytroctidae (tubeshoulders). ^{[3] [4]}

It was named by Gerhard Krefft (1912–1993), who named it for his supervisor Werner Schnakenbeck. ^{[5] [6]}

Description

Schnakenbeck's searsid has a long and slender body (maximum 27 cm (11 in)), dark in colour, with a short snout. It has 27–32 gill rakers, 7 or 8 branchiostegal rays and 9–11 pyloric caeca. The dorsal fin is far back, the pelvic fins behind the midpoint and the anal fin further back. It has photophores and a lateral line. ^{[7] [8]}

Habitat

Schnakenbeck's searsid is benthopelagic, living in the eastern Atlantic Ocean at depths of 365–850 m (1,198–2,789 ft). ^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}

References

1. Academy), Tomio Iwamoto (Cal (July 15, 2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Sagamichthys schnakenbecki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
2. "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Sagamichthys schnakenbecki (Krefft, 1953)". www.marinespecies.org.
3. "Schnakenbeck's searsid – Sagamichthys schnakenbecki – (Krefft, 1953)". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
4. Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United (August 1, 2020). Identification guide to the mesopelagic fishes of the central and south east Atlantic Ocean. Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN   9789251330944 – via Google Books.
5. Stehmann, Matthias; Hulley, P. Alexander (1994). "Gerhard Krefft, 30 March 1912–20 March 1993". Copeia. 1994 (2): 558–564. JSTOR   1447019.
6. "Sagamichthys schnakenbecki – Schnakenbecks Searsid". Discover Life. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
7. "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Sagamichthys schnakenbecki (Krefft, 1953)". www.marinespecies.org.
8. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Schnakenbeck's searsid – Sagamichthys schnakenbecki". species-identification.org.
9. "Sagamichthys schnakenbecki, Schnakenbeck's searsid". www.fishbase.se.
10. "Sagamichthys schnakenbecki (Krefft, 1953)". www.gbif.org.
11. Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   9783642828584 – via Google Books.
12. Coad, Brian W.; Reist, James D. (January 1, 2018). Marine Fishes of Arctic Canada. University of Toronto Press. ISBN   9781442647107 – via Google Books.