Notosudidae
Sign in to saveWaryfishes are deep-sea aulopiform fishes in the small family Notosudidae. They are thought to have a circumglobal distribution in subarctic to subantarctic waters. The family name Notosudidae derives from the Greek noton (back) and Latin sudis (a fish, esox, the name of salmon).
Species
waryfishes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAulopiformes
- FamilyNotosudidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 188
- Family
- Notosudidae
- Collections
- NMV, TCWC, USNM, VIMS, MCZ, SIO
- Recorded in
- Australia, United States, Bahamas, Ecuador
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Aulopiformes
- Image
- Scopelosaurus ahlstromi (no common name).gif
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- Commons category
- Notosudidae
- taxon name
- Notosudidae
- taxon rank
- family
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- topic's main category
- Category:Notosudidae
- taxon common name
- Waryfishes
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Waryfishes are deep-sea aulopiform fishes in the small family Notosudidae. They are thought to have a circumglobal distribution in subarctic to subantarctic waters. The family name Notosudidae derives from the Greek noton (back) and Latin sudis (a fish, esox, the name of salmon).
== Description == Waryfishes are slender, scaled fish, similar in appearance to lancetfishes, but lacking the greatly enlarged dorsal fin. Although the adults are deep-water fish, the larvae inhabit surface waters, and are unique in having teeth on their upper jaws. Waryfishes lack a swim bladder. Dorsal fin: 9–14 rays Anal fin: 16–21 rays Pectoral fin: 10–15 rays Scales in lateral line: 44–65
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Notosudidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.