Banded bellows fish
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Banded bellows fish ( Centriscops humerosus ) |
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The banded bellows fish ( Centriscops humerosus ) is a species of the snipe fish and is widespread in the southern hemisphere, especially in temperate sea areas.
features
The banded bellows fish has a tall, laterally strongly flattened body and a conspicuous, elongated and tubular snout. It reaches a body length of 28 to 30 centimeters. While the juvenile fish are silvery with pale diagonal bands, the adults are silvery white, the six diagonal bands are orange, dark red, brown to almost blackish in color. Older fish grows a large hump behind their heads. In a row behind the eyes are four elongated bone plates.
The fish has a two-part dorsal fin , the first consisting of seven fin spines and the second spine being prominently elongated. The second dorsal fin consists of 16 to 18 and the anal fin of 17 to 21 fin rays.
distribution
The banded bellows fish occurs circumglobal in the seas of the southern hemisphere. He lives in the southern Atlantic on the coast of South Africa , Argentina , as well as near Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island , as well as in the southwestern Pacific on the coasts of Australia and New Zealand . The fish has the main distribution in moderate latitudes, south to 55 ° south latitude.
Way of life
The fish live close to the ground, especially on coasts at depths of 35 to 1000 meters (mostly between 400 and 750 meters) above the continental shelf . They feed on bottom-dwelling invertebrates.
literature
- Rudie H. Kuiter : Seahorses, pipefish, shredded fish and their relatives. 2001, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-8001-3244-3 .
Web links
- Banded bellows fish on Fishbase.org (English)