Bluefin driftfish | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Nomeidae |
Genus: | Psenes |
Species: | P. pellucidus
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Binomial name | |
Psenes pellucidus
Lütken, 1880
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Synonyms | |
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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]
Bluefin driftfish | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Nomeidae |
Genus: | Psenes |
Species: | P. pellucidus
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Binomial name | |
Psenes pellucidus
Lütken, 1880
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Synonyms | |
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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]