Bones fish
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Albula vulpes |
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The bony fish (Albulidae) are a family of bony fish comprising 13 species in three genera . They stand alone in the order of the fish-like (Albuliformes).
features
Bone fish have an elongated body covered with silvery white cycloid scales . The head is scaly and set off from the body by a ring of large scales. The mouth is pointed and subordinate in the genus Albula . The swim bladder is large and can be used to breathe air . Bone fish live pelagic in the sea, less often in brackish and fresh water. They feed on benthic invertebrates . Bone fish are known from fossils from the Cretaceous period .
Their larval form, the Leptocephaluslarva , shows that they are related to the eel-like (Anguilliformes). They live mainly in the sea, but also in brackish and fresh water in the tropics. Their maximum length is 1 meter.
Internal system
The fish family is divided into two subfamilies.
Subfamily Albulinae
The species of the subfamily Albulinae have a short dorsal fin base, the dorsal fin has 16 to 21 fin rays . The number of gill trap rays from 15 to 17, the number of Branchiostegal rays from 10 to 16. The gill region is additionally protected from below by a narrow, centrally located throat-bone plate (gularia). The maxillary and tongue are toothless. Molars are found on the parasphenoid . Scale formula: SL 66-84, 69 to 80 vertebrae.
- Genus Albula
- Albula argentea ( Schneider , 1801) .
- Albula esuncula (Garman 1899) .
- Albula Gilberti Pfeiler & van der Heiden, 2011 .
- Albula glossodonta (Forsskål 1775) .
- Albula goreensis Valenciennes, 1847 .
- Albula koreana Kwun & Kim, 2011 .
- Albula nemoptera (Fowler, 1911) .
- Albula oligolepis Hidaka, Iwatsuki & Randall, 2008 .
- Albula pacifica (Beebe, 1942) .
- Albula virgata Jordan & Jordan 1922 .
- Albula vulpes ( Linnaeus , 1758) .
Subfamily Pterothrissinae
The species of the subfamily Pterothrissinae have a long dorsal fin base, the dorsal fin has 55 to 65 fin rays . The number of Branchiostegal rays is six. An additional throat-bone plate (gularia) is missing. Each maxillary has six to seven teeth. Scale formula: SL 85-112, 107 vertebrae.
- Genus Nemoossis Hidaka et al., 2016
- Nemoossis belloci (Cadenat, 1937) .
- Genus Pterothrissus ( syn.Istieus Agassiz 1844 , fossil).
- Pterothrissus gissu Hilgendorf, 1877 .
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World , John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
- Kurt Fiedler: Textbook of Special Zoology, Volume II, Part 2: Fish , Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 1991, ISBN 3-334-00339-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hidaka, K., Tsukamoto, Y. & Iwatsuki, Y. (2016): Nemoossis , a new genus for the eastern Atlantic long-fin bonefish Pterothrissus belloci Cadenat 1937 and a redescription of P. gissu Hilgendorf 1877 from the northwestern Pacific. Ichthyological Research, July 2016, DOI: 10.1007 / s10228-016-0536-5
Web links
- Bone fish on Fishbase.org (English)
- Fishfish on Fishbase.org (English)