Scalloped ribbonfish
| Scalloped ribbonfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lampriformes |
| Family: | Trachipteridae |
| Genus: | Zu |
| Species: | Z. cristatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1819) | |
The scalloped ribbonfish, Zu cristatus, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae found circumglobally in all oceans at tropical latitudes, at depths down to 90 m. Its length is up to 118 cm.
Illustration of a scalloped ribbonfish.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Zu cristatus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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