Sciadonus galatheae
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Aphyonidae |
Genus: | Sciadonus |
Species: | S. galatheae
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Binomial name | |
Sciadonus galatheae (Nielsen, 1969)
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Sciadonus galatheae is a species of fish in the family Aphyonidae.[3][4]
Description
[edit]Sciadonus galatheae is transparent or white in colour (hence the specific name, from Greek γαλάτεια, galateia, "milk-white"), with a maximum length of 9.3 cm (3.7 in).[5][6] It has 88–104 dorsal fin rays and 47–58 anal fin rays.[7] It has 48 precaudal vertebrae.[8]
Habitat
[edit]Sciadonus galatheae is abyssopelagic and bathypelagic, living at depths of up to 1,785–5,440 m (5,856–17,848 ft).[9][10][11] It has been found in the Celtic Sea, the Solomon Sea and in the waters off New Zealand.[12][13]
Behaviour
[edit]Sciadonus galatheae reproduces viviparously.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Jorgen Nielsen; Steen Wilhelm Knudsen; Franz Uiblein (March 11, 2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Sciadonus galatheae". Iucnredlist.org.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sciadonus galatheae (Nielsen, 1969)". Marinespecies.org.
- ^ Priede, I. G. (August 10, 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107083820 – via Google Books.
- ^ Paulin, C. D. (July 6, 1989). New Zealand Fish: A Complete Guide. GP Books. ISBN 9780477014274 – via Google Books.
- ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Sciadonus galatheae". Itis.gov.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sciadonus galatheae (Nielsen, 1969)". Marinespecies.org.
- ^ a b "Marine Species Identification Portal : Sciadonus galatheae". Species-identification.org.
- ^ Whitehead, Peter James Palmer (July 6, 1984). Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Unesco. ISBN 9789230023096 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Fig. 26. Sciadonus galatheae ZMUC P771588. SL 58 mm. Brownish part..." ResearchGate.net.
- ^ ENRIC MASSUTÍ; JOHN D.M. GORDON; JOAN MORANTA; SARAH C. SWAN; ONSTANTÍ STEFANESCU; NIGEL R. MERRETT (2004). "Mediterranean and Atlantic deep-sea fish assemblages : differences in biomass composition and size-related structure" (PDF). Scientia Marina. 68 (Suppl. 3): 101–115. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Sciadonus galatheae". Fishbase.de.
- ^ "MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Sciadonus galatheae (Nielsen, 1969)". Marbef.org.
- ^ "Steenstrupia". Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. July 6, 1970 – via Google Books.