Biology:Bluefin driftfish
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Nomeidae |
| Genus: | Psenes |
| Species: | P. pellucidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Psenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880
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Psenes pellucidus, the bluefin driftfish, is a species of driftfish native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans where it is found in deep waters to a depth of 1000 m. ). It is also present in low abundance since the mid-20th century in the western Mediterranean Sea which it most likely entered via the Strait of Gibraltar.[2] It can reach a length of 80 cm TL.[3]
References
- ↑ Dooley, J.; Marechal, J.; Pina Amargos, F. et al. (2015). "Psenes pellucidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T16545256A115362452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16545256A16546214.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16545256/115362452.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
- ↑ Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Psenes pellucidus). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Psenes_pellucidus.pdf
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Psenes pellucidus" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2339852 entry
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