Sio nordenskjoldii
Species of fish
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Sio is a monotypic genus of fish in the family Melamphaidae, the ridgeheads. The only species is Sio nordenskjoldii, or Nordenskjold's bigscale.[2][3] It has a circumglobal distribution on the southern hemisphere at depths from 200 to 3,000 metres (660 to 9,840 ft).[1][4]
| Sio nordenskjoldii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Melamphaidae |
| Genus: | Sio Moss, 1962 |
| Species: | S. nordenskjoldii |
| Binomial name | |
| Sio nordenskjoldii (Lönnberg, 1905) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Melamphaes (Plectromus) nordenskjoldii Lönnberg, 1905 | |
Etymology
The genus names refers to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, abbreviated as SIO.[4]
Description
Conservation
There are no known threats to this species. It is not caught by commercial fisheries.[1]
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