- Gnomefish
Taxobox
name = Gnomefishes
fossil_range = EarlyEocene to Present [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
doi =
id =
accessdate = 2007-12-25 ]
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Perciformes
familia = Scombropidae
genus = "Scombrops"
genus_authority = Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
species = "S. boops" "S. gilberti" "S. oculatus"
binomial = "Scombrops boops"
binomial_authority = (Houttuyn, 1782)
binomial2 = "Scombrops gilberti"
binomial2_authority = (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
binomial3 = "Scombrops oculatus"
binomial3_authority = (Poey, 1860)The gnomefishes are a small family Scombropidae of marinefish , consisting of three species in the genus "Scombrops".They have two
dorsal fin s and are notable for scales covering the soft parts of the dorsal andanal fin s. The eyes are large.The gnomefish, "Scombrops boops", lives in deep rocky areas, down to 400 m. It can grow to 150 cm total length and 16 kg weight.
"Scombrops gilberti" occurs in the western Pacific including Japan.
The Atlantic scombrops, "Scombrops oculatus", is widely found in the subtropical western Atlantic, particularly the
Florida andBahamas area. It is a deepwater fish, caught by anglers between 200 and 610 m.References
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