Paracen pacificus
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| Parazeninae | ||||||||||||
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| Paracen | ||||||||||||
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| Paracen pacificus | ||||||||||||
| Kamohara, 1935 |
Parazen pacificus is a marine fish from the order of the St. Peter's fish-like (Zeiformes). It occurs in the western Pacific and is quite common off the coast of Japan. However, there are also catches off the coast of Tanzania and Cuba. The fish lives at depths of 150 to 600 meters.
features
Paracen pacificus becomes 30 cm long and has a laterally flattened, moderately high back body (body height = head length). The head is scaly, the body is covered with medium-sized comb scales . Paracen pacificus is reddish-silvery in color.
The eyes are large, their diameter larger than the length of the mouth. The mouth is terminal, the upper jaw is light, the lower jaw strongly protractile (can be pushed forward). Both jaws are covered with one or two rows of short, slender, conical teeth. Similar teeth are found on the ploughshare leg . The gill trap rays are short and flattened. One can be found on the upper, four to six on the lower branch of the first gill arch. The number of Branchiostegal rays is seven. The number of vertebrae is 34.
The first of the two dorsal fins is supported by six to eight spines, the second by 26 to 30 soft rays. The anal fin has a small fin spine and 28 to 34 soft rays. The caudal fin is forked and has eleven segmented and nine branched fin rays . The pectoral fins are much shorter than the head and are supported by 12 to 16 fin rays. The pelvic fins are without fin spines and have one unbranched and six branched fin rays. Parazen pacificus has two lateral lines that unite to one on the caudal fin stalk.
literature
- Kent E. Carpenter & Volker H. Niem: FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae) . P. 2257, Rome, FAO . 1999. pp. 2069-2790.
Web links
- Parazen pacificus on Fishbase.org (English)