Mirapinna esau

Mirapinna esau

Mirapinna esau ( Syn: Procetichthys kreffti, Paxton, 1989) is an original by only a single captive specimen known bony fish from the order of mucus -like head ( Beryciformes ). The 5.5 -centimeter-long type specimen was caught near the sea in the Atlantic north of the Azores. Mirapinna esau is a deep-sea fish, the bathypelagic in depths up to 2,200 meters living as a full-grown fish.

Features

Mirapinna esau has an elongated, scaleless body that is densely covered with short, hairy outgrowths. The function of the excesses is unknown. They are provided with glandular cells and could serve the enemy defenses or mechanical or chemical stimuli perceive. The pelvic fins of Mirapinna are esau enlarged wing-like, can hit from top to bottom and sit directly behind the head. The pectoral fins are small and are high on the fuselage, behind the pelvic fins. The tail fin is divided into two parts, the upper and lower halves overlap in the center. The rays of the pelvic fins and the tail fin are widely extended over the edge of the fin membrane. A swim bladder is absent. The type specimen of Mirapinna esau was held for a hatchling.

Only in 2008 came out that it was in the 1989 described walkopfartigen marine fish Procetichthys kreffti to the adult females of Mirapinna esau is, or Mirapinna esau postlarvales a juvenile stage of Procetichthys kreffti is. Since Mirapinna is Esau the eldest available name for the species, it is after the priority principle of the International Regulations for Zoological Nomenclature, the valid name of the type

Fin formula of adult animals: Dorsal 0 /14, 0 Anal / 13th