Scalloped ribbonfish

Scalloped ribbonfish
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.

In the past, the binomial name Trachypterus iris was misapplied to this fish.[1][2]

Illustration of a scalloped ribbonfish.

References

  1. ↑ King, Joseph E., and Isaac I Ikehara, "Some Unusual Fishes From the Central Pacific," Pacific Science, Volume X, January 1956 Retrieved September 1, 2018
  2. ↑ fishbase.de Trachypterus iris (non Walbaum, 1792) Misapplied name for Zu cristatus (non Walbaum, 1792) Retrieved September 1, 2018


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