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{{short description|Species of fish found in all oceans}}
{{Taxobox
{{Speciesbox
| color = pink
| name = ''Scopelosaurus ahlstromi''
| image = Scopelosaurus ahlstromi (no common name).gif
| image = Scopelosaurus ahlstromi (no common name).gif
| image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
| image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
| taxon = Scopelosaurus ahlstromi
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| authority = [[Erik Bertelsen|Bertelsen]], [[Gerhard Krefft|G. Krefft]] & [[Norman Bertram Marshall|N. B. Marshall]], 1976
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| ordo = [[Aulopiformes]]
| familia = [[Notosudidae]]
| genus = ''[[Scopelosaurus]]''
| species = '''''S. ahlstromi'''''
| binomial = ''Scopelosaurus ahlstromi''
| binomial_authority = Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976
}}
}}


'''''Scopelosaurus ahlstromi''''' is a [[waryfish]] of the [[Family (biology)|family]] ''[[Notosudidae]]'', found in all oceans, at depths of down to 500 m. Its length is between 15 and 25 cm.
'''''Scopelosaurus ahlstromi''''' is a [[waryfish]] of the [[Family (biology)|family]] ''[[Notosudidae]]'', found in all oceans, at depths of down to 500 m. Its length is between 15 and 25 cm.


==References==
''Scopelosaurus ahlstromi'' is a small slender deepwater species with a high first [[dorsal fin]] and an [[adipose]] second [[dorsal fin]]. The snout is pointed and the eyes are disproportionately large.
* {{FishBase | genus = Scopelosaurus | species = ahlstromi | month = February | year = 2006}}
* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{ISBN|0-00-216987-8}}


{{Taxonbar|from=Q3375363}}
Body colour is brilliant silver on the flanks with [[Opalescence|opalescent]] belly [[scale (zoology)|scale]]s.

==References==
* {{FishBase species | genus = Scopelosaurus | species = ahlstromi | month = February | year = 2006}}
* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand [[1982]]) ISBN 0-00-216987-8


[[Category:Fish]]
[[Category:Notosudidae]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1976]]

Latest revision as of 22:40, 15 April 2021

Scopelosaurus ahlstromi
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Notosudidae
Genus: Scopelosaurus
Species:
S. ahlstromi
Binomial name
Scopelosaurus ahlstromi

Scopelosaurus ahlstromi is a waryfish of the family Notosudidae, found in all oceans, at depths of down to 500 m. Its length is between 15 and 25 cm.

References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scopelosaurus ahlstromi". FishBase. February 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8