Sio | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Beryciformes |
Family: | Melamphaidae |
Genus: |
Sio Moss, 1962 |
Species: | S. nordenskjoldii
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Binomial name | |
Sio nordenskjoldii (
Lönnberg, 1905)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Melamphaes (Plectromus) nordenskjoldii Lönnberg, 1905 |
Sio is a monotypic genus of fish in the family Melamphaidae, the ridgeheads. The only species is Sio nordenskjoldii, or Nordenskjold's bigscale. [2] [3] It has a circumglobal distribution on the southern hemisphere at depths from 200 to 3,000 metres (660 to 9,840 ft). [1] [4]
The genus names refers to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, abbreviated as SIO. [4]
This species grows to a length of 12.3 centimetres (4.8 in) SL. [1] [4]
There are no known threats to this species. It is not caught by commercial fisheries. [1]
Sio | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Beryciformes |
Family: | Melamphaidae |
Genus: |
Sio Moss, 1962 |
Species: | S. nordenskjoldii
|
Binomial name | |
Sio nordenskjoldii (
Lönnberg, 1905)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
Melamphaes (Plectromus) nordenskjoldii Lönnberg, 1905 |
Sio is a monotypic genus of fish in the family Melamphaidae, the ridgeheads. The only species is Sio nordenskjoldii, or Nordenskjold's bigscale. [2] [3] It has a circumglobal distribution on the southern hemisphere at depths from 200 to 3,000 metres (660 to 9,840 ft). [1] [4]
The genus names refers to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, abbreviated as SIO. [4]
This species grows to a length of 12.3 centimetres (4.8 in) SL. [1] [4]
There are no known threats to this species. It is not caught by commercial fisheries. [1]