Bluefin driftfish

Species of ray-finned fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Psenes pellucidus, the bluefin driftfish, is a species of driftfish native to the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans where it is found in deep waters to a depth of 1000 m. It is also present in low abundance since the mid-20th century in the western Mediterranean Sea which it most likely entered via the Strait of Gibraltar.[2] It can reach a length of 80 cm TL.[3]

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Bluefin driftfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Nomeidae
Genus: Psenes
Species:
P. pellucidus
Binomial name
Psenes pellucidus
Lütken, 1880
Synonyms
  • Papyrichthys pellucidus (Lütken, 1880)
  • Psenes edwardsii C. H. Eigenmann, 1901
  • Icticus ischanus Jordan & Thompson, 1914
  • Caristioides amplipinnis Whitley, 1948
  • Cubiceps ismaelensis Dieuzeide & Roland, 1955
  • Cubiceps niger Nümann, 1958
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