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• Kingdom: Animalia () - animals
  • Phylum: Chordata () - Chordates
    • Order: Perciformes ()
      • Family: ults, benthopelagic to mesopelagic, dwell on th ()
        • Genus: Nesiarchus () - Johnson, 1862
          • Specific name: nasutus
            • Scientific name: - the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
            • Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Name Status: Accepted Name .
              
              Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 12-Feb-1998

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              Members of the genus Nesiarchus

              ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:

              N. nasutus (Johnson´s Scabbardfish)

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              Further Reading

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              • ... The genera of fishes. .. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif., The University, 1917-1920. url p. 319.
              • Bats from Guerrero, Jalisco and Oaxaca, Mexico. 37 1955 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1955. url p. 719.
              • Biological sound scattering studies. Washington, 1970- url p. 10.
              • Brain and body of fish; a study of brain pattern in relation to hunting and feeding in fish, by H. Muir Evans. Philadelphia, The Blakiston company, 1940. url p. 117, p. 160.
              • Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 127.
              • Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 72 1931 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url article, page 55, p. 59, p. 60, p. 61, p. 79.
              • Catalogue of scientific papers (1800-1900) Comp. by the Royal society of London. Cambridge, C. J. Clay and sons, 1867-1902; url p. 266.
              • Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. CambridgeUniversity Press1908-14 url p. 266.
              • Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 273, p. 753.
              • Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 1102.
              • Karl Patterson Schmidt: anniversary volume in honor of his sixty-fifth birthday. 37 1955 [Chicago]1955. url p. 719.
              • NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url p. 30.
              • Notes on a collection of Bermuda deep-sea fishes. 37 1955 Chicago, Natural History Museum, 1955. url fig. 55 , p. 298.
              • Oceanic ichthyology: a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers "Blake, " "Albatross, " and "Fishhawk" in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas con by George Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean. Pub. in connection with the National Museum and the Smithsonian institution. 22 1896 Cambridge, U.S.A.: Printed for the Museum, 1896. url fig. in text, page 197.
              • Ontogeny and systematics of fishes: based on an international symposium dedicated to the memory of Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom / sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Dept. of Commerce. [New York?]: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, c1984. url p. 599, p. 603, p. 742.
              • Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876 / by Albert Günther. London, 1887. url p. 37.
              • Sea and inland fisheries: report. DublinStationery Off. url p. 7.
              • Special bulletin / Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1892- url p. 197, p. xi.
              • Special scientific report. Seattle, National Marine Fisheries Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1971. url p. 14.
              • The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 285, p. 285.
              • The genera of fishes. ..: A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1917-1920. url p. 319.

              Notes

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              Contributors

              • American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
              • Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
              • Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
              • FishBase
              • FishBase 2006.
              • FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
              • Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
              • Parin, Nikolay V. (from FishBase).
              • Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

              Data Sources

              Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
              
              

              • Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
              • FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
              • GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
              • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
              • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bishop Museum Data (OBIS distribution) (USOBIS)
              • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
              • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: SeamountsOnline (seamount biota)
              • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data provider for the NIWA Marine Biodata Information System
              • Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
              • Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
              • Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
              • OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

              Identifiers

              • Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 133146
              • Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-32421
              • Fishbase Species ID: 7573
              • Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14384372
              • Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 172370
              • Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCS209010
              • Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 118071

              Footnotes

              1. Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin (1993). FAO species catalogue. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (Families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). FAO Fish. Synop. 15(125):136 p. [back]
              2. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott (1991). World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. ( ... [back]
              3. Mean = -2,080.670 meters (-6,826.345 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,371.910 based on 158 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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