Biology:Zu (genus)
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| Scalloped Ribbonfish (Z. cristatus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Family: | Trachipteridae
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| Genus: | Zu Walters & Fitch, 1960
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Z. cristatus
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Zu is a small genus of ribbonfishes with currently two recognized species:[1]
- Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1819) (scalloped ribbonfish)
- Zu elongatus Heemstra & Kannemeyer, 1984 (taper-tail ribbonfish)
The scalloped ribbonfish is found around the oceans of the world in the tropical latitudes, but the taper-tail ribbonfish is limited to the southeast Atlantic.
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Zu in FishBase. April 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2706894 entry
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