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{{Short description|Family of fishes}}
{{Short description|Family of fishes}}
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| image = Scopelosaurus ahlstromi (no common name).gif
| image = Scopelosaurus ahlstromi (no common name).gif
| image_caption = ''[[Scopelosaurus ahlstromi]]''
| image_caption = ''[[Scopelosaurus ahlstromi]]''
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| image_upright = 1.1
| name = Waryfishes
| name = Waryfishes
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| taxon = Notosudidae
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| ordo = [[Aulopiformes]]
| familia = '''Notosudidae'''
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
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== Description ==
== Description ==

Waryfishes are slender, scaled fish, similar in appearance to [[lancetfish]]es, 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.<ref name=EoF>{{cite book |editor=Paxton, J.R. |editor2=Eschmeyer, W.N.|author1=Johnson, R.K. |author2=Eschmeyer, W.N. |name-list-style=amp |year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Fishes|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|page= 125|isbn= 0-12-547665-5}}</ref> Waryfishes lack a [[swim bladder]].
Waryfishes are slender, scaled fish, similar in appearance to [[lancetfish]]es, 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.<ref name=EoF>{{cite book |editor=Paxton, J.R. |editor2=Eschmeyer, W.N.|author1=Johnson, R.K. |author2=Eschmeyer, W.N. |name-list-style=amp |year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Fishes|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|page= 125|isbn= 0-12-547665-5}}</ref> Waryfishes lack a [[swim bladder]].


* [[Dorsal fin]]: 9-14 rays
* [[Dorsal fin]]: 9–14 rays
* [[Anal fin]]: 16-21 rays
* [[Anal fin]]: 16–21 rays
* [[Pectoral fin]]: 10-15 rays
* [[Pectoral fin]]: 10–15 rays
* [[scale (zoology)|Scale]]s in [[lateral line]]: 44-65
* [[scale (zoology)|Scale]]s in [[lateral line]]: 44–65


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Notosudidae| ]]
[[Category:Notosudidae| ]]
[[Category:Aulopiformes]]
[[Category:Aulopiformes families]]
[[Category:Ray-finned fish families]]

Latest revision as of 19:38, 14 November 2024

Waryfishes
Scopelosaurus ahlstromi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Suborder: Chlorophthalmoidei
Family: Notosudidae
Genera

Ahliesaurus
Luciosudis
Scopelosaurus

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

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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.[1] Waryfishes lack a swim bladder.

References

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  1. ^ Johnson, R.K. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 125. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
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