Gonorynchus abbreviatus
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| Temminck & Schlegel , 1846 |
Gonorynchus abbreviatus is one of five species of the sandfish genus( Gonorynchus ). The range of the animals includes the Northwest Pacific (southern Japan and Taiwan ), the Sea of Japan , the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait . The fish can be found at depths of 50 to 100 meters on the sandy seabed of the subtropical waters.
features
Gonorynchus abbreviatus becomes a maximum of 31 centimeters long, its external appearance is elongated, the body of the fish is brown, the fins are white with black tips. In total, the fish has 54 or 55 vertebrae in the backbone. The scales (with caudal thorns, i.e. ctenoid scales ) are very small: ~ 170 along the lateral line , on which only every third one is pierced by a porus. The head is also scaled (velvety).
- Fin formula ; D 10, A 8, P 10-11, V 8, C 21 (+ some short pre-steels). Some pyloric tubes are present.
Web links
- Gonorynchus abbreviatus on Fishbase.org (English)
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: filaman.uni-kiel.de: image )
