Beardfish

Polymixia sp.

The beard fish ( genus Polymixia ) are a ten extant species of species of the genuine bony fish ( Teleostei ). The scientific name refers to its skin, " much slime " produced. The 14-48 cm long fish live in tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean ( especially before Natal) and the Western Pacific at depths 180-640 meters.

Features

Bart fish have a moderately elongated, laterally compressed and covered with comb shed body. Her eyes are large. Your striking feature two head long hyoid barbels, they ( in sandy to muddy sediment - ie particularly worms, small shellfish and crustaceans) for the detection of the food at the bottom use.

Fins formula: Dorsal IV-VI/26-28, Anal IV/13-17, Ventral I / 6, 16 caudal

Species

  • Polymixia berndti Gilbert, 1905.
  • Polymixia busakhini Kotlyar, 1993.
  • Polymixia fusca Kotthaus, 1970.
  • Polymixia japonica Günther, 1877.
  • Polymixia longispina Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1983.
  • Polymixia lowei Günther, 1859.
  • Polymixia salagomeziensis Kotlyar, 1991.
  • Polymixia sazonovi Kotlyar, 1992.
  • Polymixia yuri Kotlyar, 1982.

In addition to the single still living genus four other fossil genera from the Upper Cretaceous are known: Berycopsis, Dalmatichthys, Omosoma and Omosomopsis.

Taxonomic rank#All ranks Acanthomorpha Theodore Gill Richard Thomas Lowe KwaZulu-Natal Barbel (anatomy) Fish fin Joseph S. Nelson FishBase
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