Bluefin driftfish

Bluefin driftfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific 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

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 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). It can reach a length of 80 centimetres (31 in) TL. This species is commercially important.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Dooley, J.; Marechal, J.; Pina Amargos, F.; et al. (2015). "Psenes pellucidus (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16545256A115362452. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Psenes pellucidus" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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