Bluefin driftfish

Bluefin driftfish
	Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Nomeidae
Genus:	Psenes
Species:	P. pellucidus
Binomial name
	Psenes pellucidus; Lütken, 1880
Synonyms
	Papyrichthys pellucidus (Lütken, 1880); Psenes edwardsii C. H. Eigenmann, 1901; Icticus ischanus Jordan & Thompson, 1914; Caristioides amplipinnis Whitley, 1948; Cubiceps ismaelensis Dieuzeide & Roland, 1955; Cubiceps niger Nümann, 1958;

Psenes pellucidus, the bluefin driftfish, is a species of driftfish native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans where it is found in deep waters to a depth of 1000 m. ). It is also present in low abundance since the mid-20th century in the western Mediterranean Sea which it most likely entered via the Strait of Gibraltar.^[2] It can reach a length of 80 cm TL.^[3]

References

^ Dooley, J.; Marechal, J.; Pina Amargos, F.; et al. (2017) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Psenes pellucidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16545256A115362452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16545256A16546214.en.
^ Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Psenes pellucidus). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Psenes_pellucidus.pdf
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Psenes pellucidus". FishBase. February 2014 version.

[IUCN-1] Dooley, J.; Marechal, J.; Pina Amargos, F.; et al. (2017) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Psenes pellucidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16545256A115362452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16545256A16546214.en.

[2] Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Psenes pellucidus). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Psenes_pellucidus.pdf

[3] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Psenes pellucidus". FishBase. February 2014 version.

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