Sweeper

Pempheris adusta

The glass or Beilfische ( Pempheridae ) are a family of the perch family, which consists of two genera and about 25 species. There are small fish that live in shoals in the western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. Both species live in the daytime hiding in caves and under overhangs. At night they are active and hunt zooplankton.

Features

Glass or Beilfische are 7.5 to 20 inches long. There are hochrückige fish whose laterally flattened body is covered with large cycloid or ctenoid scales. Her eyes are large, the column foot is at an angle, the anal fin is long. The maxillary does not reach behind the eye center. The fish have a short dorsal fin, which is just around the midsection. Young fish are transparent.

Fins formula: Dorsal IV-VII/7-12, Anal II-III/17-45.

The lateral line extends to the caudal fin. She is accompanied 40-82 scales. The number of gill Reuse rays is 25 to 31, the vortex at 25 (10 15) to the Pylorusschläuche 9 10

Outer systematics

With their closest relatives, the Perlbarschen ( Glaucosomatidae ) and other families form the glass or Beilfische in the recent revision of the teleost systematics the newly established order Pempheriformes.

Inside systematics

  • The glass fish ( Parapriacanthus ) are always smaller than 10 inches, have a translucent body and live in flocks of thousands of animals. Parapriacanthus dispar ( Herre, 1935).
  • Parapriacanthus elongatus ( McCulloch, 1911).
  • Parapriacanthus marei Fourmanoir, 1971.
  • Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870.
  • The Beilfische ( Pempheris ), not to be confused with the deep-sea Beilfischen the family ( Sternoptychidae ), are 15 to 28 inches tall, and have a clearly bulging belly. Some species possess light organs. Pempheris adspersa Griffin, 1927.
  • Pempheris adusta Bleeker, 1877.
  • Pempheris affinis McCulloch, 1911.
  • Pempheris analis Waite, 1910.
  • Pempheris bexillon Mooi & Randall, 2014.
  • Pempheris compressa (White, 1790).
  • Pempheris japonica Döderlein, 1883.
  • Pempheris klunzingeri McCulloch, 1911.
  • Pempheris Mangula Cuvier, in 1829.
  • Pempheris molucca Cuvier, in 1829.
  • Pempheris multiradiata Klunzinger, 1880.
  • Pempheris Nyctereutes Jordan & Evermann, 1902.
  • Pempheris ornata Mooi & Jubb, 1996.
  • Pempheris otaitensis Cuvier, 1831st
  • Pempheris oualensis Cuvier, 1831st
  • Pempheris poeyi Bean, 1885.
  • Pempheris rapa Mooi, 1998.
  • Pempheris schomburgkii Müller & Troschel, 1848.
  • Pempheris schreineri Miranda - Ribeiro, 1915.
  • Pempheris schwenkii Bleeker, 1855.
  • Pempheris ufuagari Koeda, Yoshino & Tachihara, 2013.
  • Pempheris vanicolensis Cuvier, 1831st
  • Pempheris xanthoptera Tominaga, 1963.
  • Pempheris ypsilychnus Mooi & Jubb, 1996.
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