Scopelosaurus ahlstromi

Taxobox
name = "Scopelosaurus ahlstromi"


image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
regnum = Animalia
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 "Notosudidae", found in all oceans, at depths of down to 500 m. Its length is between 15 and 25 cm.

"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.

Body colour is brilliant silver on the flanks with opalescent belly scales.

References

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* 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