Gravel diver
| Gravel diver | ||||||||||||
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Gravel Grebe ( Scytalina cerdale ) |
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| Scytalinidae | ||||||||||||
| Jordan & Evermann , 1898 | ||||||||||||
| Scientific name of the genus | ||||||||||||
| Scytalina | ||||||||||||
| Jordan & Gilbert , 1880 | ||||||||||||
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| Scytalina cerdale | ||||||||||||
| Jordan & Gilbert , 1880 |
The graveldiver ( Scytalina cerdale ) is a fish from the order of perch-like . It is the only species in the Scytalinidae family . Gravel divers live in the cold coastal waters of the eastern North Pacific on rocky bottoms and over sandy bottoms . The distribution area extends from the Bering Strait to central California .
features
The 15 centimeter long, eel-like slender fish flee into the ground in the event of danger. Their strong teeth identify them as a robber. Her small eyes are high on her head. Ventral fins are absent, the pectoral fins are tiny; The dorsal , anal and caudal fins have grown together to form a continuous fin edge. There is no lateral line organ .
literature
- William N. Eschmeyer, Earl S. Herald , Howard Hamann: A field guide to Pacific Coast Fishes of North America. From the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California (Peterson Field Guides; 28). Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Mass. 1983, ISBN 0-395-33188-9 .
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World . John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .
Web links
- Kiestaucher on Fishbase.org (English)