Deep sea herring
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Bathyclupea argentea , caught in the Gulf of Mexico |
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| Gill , 1896 |
The deep-sea herring (Bathyclupeidae) are, despite their name, a family of perch relatives (Percomorphaceae). The fish live in the Atlantic , Indian Ocean , western Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico . The specimens caught so far come from depths of 340 to 778 meters.
features
Deep-sea herring grow to be about eight inches long. They are silver-gray, have an almost straight back line, large eyes and an almost vertical crevice. They have a long anal fin with a single fin spine and 31 vertebrae . The dorsal fin sits on the back of the body. Both unpaired fins are covered with scales.
Fin formula : dorsal I / 8–10, anal I / 24–39, pectoral 26–30.
Genera and species
There are ten species in two genera:
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Bathyclupea Alcock , 1891
- Bathyclupea argentea Goode & Bean , 1896 .
- Bathyclupea elongata Trunov, 1975 .
- Bathyclupea gracilis Fowler, 1938 .
- Bathyclupea japanotaiwana Prokofiev, 2014 .
- Bathyclupea malayana Weber, 1913 .
- Bathyclupea megaceps Fowler, 1938 .
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Neobathyclupea Prokofiev, 2014
- Neobathyclupea hoskynii (Alcock, 1891) .
- Neobathyclupea melanoptera Prokofiev, Gon & Psomadakis, 2016 .
- Neobathyclupea nikparini (Prokofiev, 2014) .
- Neobathyclupea schroederi (Dick, 1962) .
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 .
- Prokofiev, AM (2014): Taxonomy and Distribution of Deepsea Herring (Bathyclupeidae) in Oceans. Journal of Ichthyology, 54 (8): 493-500. DOI: 10.1134 / S0032945214050063
Web links
Commons : Bathyclupeidae - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Deep sea herring on Fishbase.org (English)