Unicorn cod
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Bregmaceros atlanticus |
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| Bregmacerotidae | ||||||||||||
| Gill , 1872 | ||||||||||||
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| Thompson ex Cantor , 1840 |
The unicorn cod ( Bregmaceros ) are the only genus within the cod-like fish family of the same name (Gadiformes). These are small fish that live on the coasts of tropical and subtropical seas.
features
Unicorn cod are two to eleven centimeters long. They each have two symmetrical dorsal and anal fins. The first dorsal fin ray is single, without connection with the dorsal fin (name). The first rays of the pelvic fins are long drawn out. They have small round scales, no goatee and no lateral line organ .
species
There are twelve types:
- Bregmaceros arabicus D'Ancona & Cavinato, 1965 .
- Bregmaceros atlanticus Goode & Bean , 1886 .
- Bregmaceros bathymaster Jordan & Bollman, 1890 .
- Bregmaceros cantori Milliken & Houde, 1984 .
- Bregmaceros houdei Saksena & Richards, 1986 .
- Bregmaceros japonicus Tanaka, 1908 .
- Bregmaceros lanceolatus Shen, 1960 .
- Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson, 1840 .
- Bregmaceros nectabanus Whitley, 1941 .
- Bregmaceros neonectabanus Masuda, Ozawa & Tabeta, 1986 .
- Bregmaceros pescadorus Shen, 1960 .
- Bregmaceros rarisquamosus Munro, 1950 .
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson , Fishes of the World , John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .
Web links
Commons : Bregmaceros - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Unicorn cod on Fishbase.org (English)