Schnakenbeck's searsid

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Schnakenbeck's searsid
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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]

Contents

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]

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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 – via JSTOR.
  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.


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