Thornfish

Thornfish
Stephanoberyx monae
Systematics
Cohort : Euteleosteomorpha Sub-cohort : Neoteleostei Acanthomorphata Spinefish (Acanthopterygii) Order : Mucous heads (Beryciformes) Family : Thornfish
Scientific name
Stephanoberycidae
Gill , 1884

Thornfish (Stephanoberycidae) live in the deep sea of the tropical and subtropical Atlantic and Pacific . In South Africa they also go to the Indian Ocean . They live at depths of 1000 to 5000 meters.

features

The scales of the fish, which are only 8 to 16 centimeters long, have thorn-like outgrowths. The lateral line organ is only poorly developed. The dorsal and anal fins each have 10 to 14 soft rays. Hard rays, if present, are only weakly developed.

species

There are only four species in four monotypical genera, all of which are only known from a few captured specimens.

Malacosarcus macrostoma

• Genus Abyssoberyx
  • Abyssoberyx levisquamosus Merrett & Moore , 2005
• Genus Acanthochaenus
  • Acanthochaenus luetkenii Gill , 1884
• Genus Malacosarcus
  • Malacosarcus macrostoma ( Günther , 1878) .
• Genus Stephanoberyx
  • Stephanoberyx monae Gill, 1883

literature

• Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World . John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
• JA Moore: Stephanoberycidae Pricklefishes. Page 1166 in FAO Species Identification guide for Fishery Purposes: The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic, Volume 2 Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae) , ISSN  1020-6868

Web links

Commons : Stephanoberycidae  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Thornfish on Fishbase.org (English)