Pelagic basslet

Pelagic basslet

Taxobox
name = Pelagic basslet


image_caption = Drawing by Tony Ayling
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Howellidae
genus = "Howella"
species = "H. brodiei"
binomial = "Howella brodiei"
binomial_authority = Ogilby, 1899

The pelagic basslet, "Howella brodiei", is a oceanic basslet of the family Howellidae, found circumglobally in tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths down to 1,800 m. Its length is up to 15 cm.

The pelagic basslet is a moderately elongate fish with a large eye, three sharp spines on the edge of the operculum, and a deeply forked caudal fin. The pectoral fins are long and sword-shaped.

The colour is a uniform dark brown with a silvery sheen on the body and a black mouth and gill cavity.

It feeds on small planktonic animals, especially crustaceans.

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


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