Psenes pellucidus

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• Bibliography
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• Notes

Overview

Family : Driftfishes ; Oceanic species (Ref. 6891). Associated with jellyfish (Ref. 7251) and floating weed patches (Ref. 6891). Large adults may be benthic on continental slopes (Ref. 6891). Feeds on zooplankton and small pelagic fishes (Ref. 4777).

Common Names

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Description

Family Nomeidae

Distribution: tropical and subtropical seas . Adults with pelvic fins. First dorsal fin with 9-12 slender spines. Second dorsal fin with 0-3 spines; soft rays 15-32. Anal fin spines 1-3; soft rays 14-30. About 1 m maximum length .The family Nomeidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 3 genera and 15 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Etymology of this family name : Greek, nomeys, -eos = shepherd

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -6,174 meters (0 to -20,256 feet).Mean = -2,233.720 meters (-7,328.478 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,773.280 based on 125 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biome: Saltwater . Bathypelagic .

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Caristioides amplipinnis Whitley, 1948
2. Cubiceps ismaelensis Dieuzeide & Roland, 1955
3. Cubiceps niger N�mann, 1958
4. Icticus ischanus Jordan & Thompson, 1914
5. Papyrichthys pellucidus (L�tken, 1880)
6. Psenes edwardsii Eigenmann, 1902
7. Psenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 05-Oct-1996

Similar Species

Members of the genus Psenes

There are approximately 14 species in this genus:

P. whiteleggii · P. anomalus · P. arafurensis (Arafura Driftfish) · P. cyanophrys (Blue Driftfish) · P. hillii · P. maculatus (Silver Driftfish) · P. nigrescens · P. pellucides · P. pellucidus (Blackrag) · P. sio (Twospine Driftfish) · P. sp · P. spp · P. whiteleggi · P. whiteleggii (Coastal Cubehead)

Bibliography

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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.
• FishBase 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 03, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:

• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Atlantic Reference Centre
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3858468
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30525
• Fishbase Species ID: 3927
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13535323
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 172558
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 121731

Footnotes

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