Banded bellowsfish
Banded bellowsfish | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
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Genus: | Centriscops T. N. Gill, 1862
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Species: | C. humerosus
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Centriscops humerosus (J. Richardson, 1846)
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The banded bellowsfish, banded yellowfish, banded snipefish, or bluebanded bellowsfish, Centriscops humerosus, is a species of fish of the family Centriscidae, found in southern oceans at depths of 35 to 1,000 m (115 to 3,281 ft). Its length is up to 30 cm (12 in).
References
- "Centriscops humerosus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Centriscops humerosus" in FishBase. January 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