Notosudidae

Waryfishes

Scopelosaurus ahlstromi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	Notosudidae
Genera
Ahliesaurus Luciosudis Scopelosaurus

Waryfishes are deep-sea aulopiform fishes in the small family Notosudidae. They are thought to have a circumglobal distribution in subarctic to subantarctic waters. The family name Notosudidae derives from the Greek noton (back) and Latin sudis (a fish, esox, the name of salmon).

Description

Waryfishes are slender, scaled fish, similar in appearance to lancetfishes, but lacking the greatly enlarged dorsal fin. Although the adults are deep-water fish, the larvae inhabit surface waters, and are unique in having teeth on their upper jaws.^[1] Waryfishes lack a swim bladder.

Dorsal fin: 9-14 rays
Anal fin: 16-21 rays
Pectoral fin: 10-15 rays
Scales in lateral line: 44-65

References

↑ Johnson, R.K. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N., ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 125. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Notosudidae" in FishBase. April 2012 version.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, March 22, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.