Zaniolepis

Zaniolepis latipinnis

Comb green compacts ( Zaniolepis ) are a genus of fish from the group of relatives Gropp ( Cottales ). The two species of the genus live on the ocean floor in the eastern Pacific to the North American west coast of Vancouver Iceland to Baja California at depths of 37-244 meters.

Features

Comb green compacts are elongated fish that can reach a length of 25 to 30 cm. Your swirl number is 21 to 22 The body is covered with ctenoid scales. The caudal fin is slightly forked, the dorsal fin between the hartstrahligen and the soft-rayed part indented deep. The first three rays of the dorsal fin are extended. The first two rays of the pelvic fins are thickened and extend to the beginning of the anal fin. The fish have a single side line.

Fins formula: Dorsal XXI-XXII/11-12, Anal III/16-17.

Comb green bodies feed on bristle worms, fish eggs and crustaceans, such as krill and amphipods.

System

The Canadian ichthyologist Joseph S. Nelson orders the comb green compacts in his standard work on fish systematics Fishes of the World as subfamily Zaniolepidinae the green compacts ( Hexagrammidae ) to. In a recent work on the classification of Teleostei they are raised in the family rank.

Species

• Zaniolepis frenata ( Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889).
• Zaniolepis latipinnis ( Girard, 1858)