Butterfly kingfish
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| Butterfly kingfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Subfamily: | Gasterichismatinae |
| Genus: | Gasterochisma Richardson, 1845 |
| Species: | G. melampus |
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| Gasterochisma melampus Richardson, 1845 |
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The butterfly kingfish, bigscale mackerel, or butterfly mackerel, Gasterochisma melampus, the only species in the genus Gasterochisma, is found around the world in southern temperate waters, down to 200 m (656 ft) in open water. Its length is up to 2 m (6.5 ft).
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[edit] References
- "Gasterochisma melampus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=202065. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Gasterochisma melampus" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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