Bluefin driftfish
| Bluefin driftfish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Nomeidae |
| Genus: | Psenes |
| Species: | P. pellucidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Psenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880 | |
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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]
References
[edit]- ↑ Dooley, J.; Marechal, J.; Pina Amargos, F.; et al. (2017) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Psenes pellucidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T16545256A115362452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16545256A16546214.en.
- ↑ Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Psenes pellucidus). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Psenes_pellucidus.pdf
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Psenes pellucidus". FishBase. February 2014 version.
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