- Rosenblattia robusta
Taxobox
name = "Rosenblattia robusta"
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image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Perciformes
familia =Epigonidae
genus = "Rosenblattia"
species = "R. robusta"
binomial = "Rosenblattia robusta"
binomial_authority = Mead & De Falla, 1965"Rosenblattia robusta" is a species of
deepwater cardinalfish , the only member of the genus "Rosenblattia", found circumglobally in southern temperate waters. Its length is between 5 and 12 cm."Rosenblattia robusta" is deep bodied with a humped back above the
pectoral fin area, and a single keel on each side of thecaudal peduncle .Adults are a uniform golden brown with a black lining to the mouth and gill cavity.Juvenile fish are a pale gold with a white caudal peduncle separated by a black band that continues forward along the dorsal and
anal fin bases.This species is a
plankton feeder with curved conical teeth that lives in midwater on the boundary between themesopelagic andbathypelagic zones.References
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* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, "Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand", (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand1982 ) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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