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The '''pelagic basslet''', ''Howella brodiei'', is a [[temperate perch]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Percichthyidae]], found circumglobally in tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths down to 1,800 m. Its length is up to 15 cm. |
The '''pelagic basslet''', ''Howella brodiei'', is a [[temperate perch]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Percichthyidae]], found circumglobally in tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths down to 1,800 m. Its length is up to 15 cm. |
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The pelagic basslet is a moderately elongate fish with a large eye, three sharp spines on the edge of the [[operculum]], and a deeply forked [[caudal fin]]. The [[pectoral fin]]s are long and sword-shaped. |
The pelagic basslet is a moderately elongate fish with a large eye, three sharp spines on the edge of the [[Operculum (fish)|operculum]], and a deeply forked [[caudal fin]]. The [[pectoral fin]]s are long and sword-shaped. |
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The colour is a uniform dark brown with a silvery sheen on the body and a black mouth and gill cavity. |
The colour is a uniform dark brown with a silvery sheen on the body and a black mouth and gill cavity. |
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| Howella brodiei Ogilby, 1899
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The pelagic basslet, Howella brodiei, is a temperate perch of the family Percichthyidae, found circumglobally in tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths down to 1,800 m. Its length is up to 15 cm.
The pelagic basslet is a moderately elongate fish with a large eye, three sharp spines on the edge of the operculum, and a deeply forked caudal fin. The pectoral fins are long and sword-shaped.
The colour is a uniform dark brown with a silvery sheen on the body and a black mouth and gill cavity.
It feeds on small planktonic animals, especially crustaceans.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Howella brodiei". FishBase. May 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