Overview
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Family : Waryfishes ; Presumably bathypelagic.
Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -7,883 meters (0 to -25,863 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Order:
Aulopiformes
()
- Family:
bly bathypelagic.
()
- Genus:
Scopelosaurus
()
- Bleeker, 1860
- Specific name:
craddocki
- Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976
- Scientific name: - Scopelosaurus craddocki Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976 Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976
- Specific name:
craddocki
- Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976
- Genus:
Scopelosaurus
(
- Family:
bly bathypelagic.
(
- Order:
Aulopiformes
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Needs another reference
.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Scopelosaurus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. ahlstromi (Ahlstrom's Waryfish) · S. argenteus (Waryfish) · S. hamiltoni (Smallscale Waryfish) · S. harryi (Scaly Wearyfish) · S. hoedti (Hoedt's Waryfish) · S. lepidus (Blackfin Waryfish) · S. mauli (Maul's Waryfish) · S. meadi (Blackring Waryfish)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Eschmeyer, W.N., Editor (2003). Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003.
- The fishes of the family Notosudidae. - Dana Rep.: 1-114.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 08, 2007:
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
- SysTax, SysTax
- SysTax, Zoologisches Institut und Museum Hamburg
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3941571
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-149503
- Fishbase Species ID: 60953
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13537288
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 644823
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 124370
Footnotes
- Mean = -2,796.040 meters (-9,173.360 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,541.350 based on 1,107 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
