Overview
Family : Armorheads ; Recorded from the continental shelf[1]. Feeds mainly on benthic organisms [2].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
boarfish, Common boarfish, Duckfish, Giant Arapaima, Giant boarfish, Giant Penfish, Long-Snouted Boarfish, Sowfish
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
駝背副帆鰭魚, 驼背副帆鳍鱼
Common Names in Russian:
кабан-рыба крапчатая
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,058 meters (0 to -6,752 feet).[3]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Perciformes
()
- Family:
d from the continental shelf (Ref. 9563).
Feeds
()
- Genus:
Paristiopterus
()
- Bleeker, 1876
- Specific name:
labiosus
- Scientific name: - Paristiopterus labiosus (Günther, 1872)
- Specific name:
labiosus
- Genus:
Paristiopterus
(
- Family:
d from the continental shelf (Ref. 9563).
Feeds
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Histiopterus labiosus • Histiopterus labiosus Günther • Histiopterus labiosus Günther, 1872 • Paristiopterus labiosus • Paristiopterus labiosus (Günther, 1872) • Paristiopterus labiosus< /i> (Günther
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Year from Eschmeyer[4].
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 06-Oct-1995
Similar Species
Members of the genus Paristiopterus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. gallipavo (Yellow-Spotted Boarfish) · P. labiosus (Long-Snouted Boarfish)
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Further Reading
- Check list of the fishes and fish-like animals of New South Wales. SydneyRoyal Zoological Society of New South Wales1922 url , p. 66.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 255, p. 345.
- Records of the South Australian Museum / Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia. Adelaide: Published under the authority of the board of governors and edited by the museum director, 1918- url p. 120.
- The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 92.
Notes
Contributors
- 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.
- Buckup, Paolo A. (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- 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 February 29, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data provider for the NIWA Marine Biodata Information System
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 134772
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-28475
- Fishbase Species ID: 12354
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14460643
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 169707
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 120119
Footnotes
- May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell (1986). Trawl fish from temperate waters of Australia. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research, Tasmania. 492 p. [back]
- Russell, B.C. (1983). The food and feeding habits of rocky reef fish of north-eastern New Zealand. N.Z. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 17(2):121-145. [back]
- Mean = -145.820 meters (-478.412 feet), Standard Deviation = 620.160 based on 98 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Eschmeyer, W.N., Editor (1998). Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p. [back]
