False boarfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Zeiformes |
Family: | Oreosomatidae |
Genus: | Neocyttus |
Species: | N. helgae
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Binomial name | |
Neocyttus helgae | |
Synonyms [2] [3] | |
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The false boarfish (Neocyttus helgae) is a species of fish in the family Oreosomatidae (oreos). [4] [5]
The false boarfish is dark grey in colour, with a maximum length of 30.5 cm (12.0 in). It has 6–7 dorsal spines, 34–35 dorsal soft rays, 3–4 anal spines and 31–32 anal soft rays. It is diamond-shaped, with a protruding small mouth and large spiny rays present at the anterior edges of the fins. [6] [7]
Neocyttus helgae is bathypelagic, living at depths of 915–1,829 m (3,002–6,001 ft) in the North Atlantic Ocean, [9] being found off Madeira and Ireland and in the Cantabrian Sea. [10] [11] [12]
The false boarfish feeds off zooplankton and raises its dorsal spine as a territorial display. [9] It feeds near to Paragorgia coral. [13]
False boarfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Zeiformes |
Family: | Oreosomatidae |
Genus: | Neocyttus |
Species: | N. helgae
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Binomial name | |
Neocyttus helgae | |
Synonyms [2] [3] | |
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The false boarfish (Neocyttus helgae) is a species of fish in the family Oreosomatidae (oreos). [4] [5]
The false boarfish is dark grey in colour, with a maximum length of 30.5 cm (12.0 in). It has 6–7 dorsal spines, 34–35 dorsal soft rays, 3–4 anal spines and 31–32 anal soft rays. It is diamond-shaped, with a protruding small mouth and large spiny rays present at the anterior edges of the fins. [6] [7]
Neocyttus helgae is bathypelagic, living at depths of 915–1,829 m (3,002–6,001 ft) in the North Atlantic Ocean, [9] being found off Madeira and Ireland and in the Cantabrian Sea. [10] [11] [12]
The false boarfish feeds off zooplankton and raises its dorsal spine as a territorial display. [9] It feeds near to Paragorgia coral. [13]