Biology:False boarfish
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Zeiformes |
| Family: | Oreosomatidae |
| Genus: | Neocyttus |
| Species: | N. helgae
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| Neocyttus helgae (Holt & Byrne, 1908)
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The false boarfish (Neocyttus helgae) is a species of fish in the family Oreosomatidae (oreos).[4][5]
Description
The false boarfish is dark grey in colour, with a maximum length of 30.5 cm (12.0 in). It has 6–7 dorsal spines, 34–35 dorsal soft rays, 3–4 anal spines and 31–32 anal soft rays. It is diamond-shaped, with a protruding small mouth and large spiny rays present at the anterior edges of the fins.[6][7]
Habitat
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The false boarfish on a Faroese stamp; it is called by its Faroese name rútar kongur ("king of diamonds").[8]
Neocyttus helgae is bathypelagic, living at depths of 915–1,829 m (3,002–6,001 ft) in the North Atlantic Ocean,[9] being found off Madeira and Ireland and in the Cantabrian Sea.[10][11][12]
Behaviour
The false boarfish feeds off zooplankton and raises its dorsal spine as a territorial display.[9] It feeds near to Paragorgia coral.[13]
References
- ↑ Kent Carpenter (IUCN SSC Global Marine Species Assessment, Old Dominion University; Smith-Vaniz (??), William F.; Projects), Luis Tito de Morais (GIBAO and AMPHORE; Denmark), Steen Wilhelm Knudsen (Natural History Museum; Harold, Anthony (July 12, 2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Neocyttus helgae". https://www.iucnredlist.org/en.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Neocyttus helgae (Holt & Byrne, 1908)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127423.
- ↑ Richards, William J. (August 8, 2005). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic, Two Volume Set. CRC Press. ISBN 9780203500217. https://books.google.com/books?id=wH3MBQAAQBAJ&q=%22Neocyttus+helgae%22&pg=PA1110.
- ↑ Baker, Maria; Ramirez-Llodra, Eva; Tyler, Paul (August 27, 2020). Natural Capital and Exploitation of the Deep Ocean. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-884165-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=cZj5DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Neocyttus+helgae%22&pg=PA72.
- ↑ Priede, Imants G. (August 10, 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316033456. https://books.google.com/books?id=fBcwDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Neocyttus%22&pg=PA347.
- ↑ "Neocyttus helgae, False boarfish". https://www.fishbase.se/summary/27759.
- ↑ "Neocyttus helgae (Holt & Byrne, 1908)". https://www.gbif.org/species/2415350.
- ↑ Føroysk-Ensk ordabók: with Faroese folk-lore and proverbs : and a section by W.B. Lockwood on Faroese pronunciation. Nám. July 7, 1985. ISBN 9780907715221. https://books.google.com/books?id=XfvZ9J4oABwC&q=%22r%C3%BAtar%22+faroese&pg=PA468.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Moore, Jon A.; Auster, Peter J.; Calini, Danielle; Heinonen, Kari; Barber, Kimberly; Hecker, Barbara (2008). "False Boarfish Neocyttus helgae in the Western North Atlantic". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 49: 31–41. doi:10.3374/0079-032X(2008)49[31:FBNHIT2.0.CO;2]. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232678950.
- ↑ "Cybium". Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Laboratoire d'ichtyologie générale et appliquée. July 7, 2008. https://books.google.com/books?id=F6obAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Neocyttus+helgae%22.
- ↑ "Marine Species Identification Portal : False boarfish - Neocyttus helgae". http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=fnam&id=2227.
- ↑ Moore, Jon A.; Auster, Peter J.; Calini, Danielle; Heinonen, Kari; Barber, Kimberly; Hecker, Barbara (2008). [31:FBNHIT2.0.CO;2.short "False Boarfish Neocyttus helgae in the Western North Atlantic"]. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 49: 31. doi:10.3374/0079-032X(2008)49[31:FBNHIT2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 0079-032X. https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-peabody-museum-of-natural-history/volume-49/issue-1/0079-032X(2008)49%5B31%3AFBNHIT%5D2.0.CO%3B2/False-Boarfish-Neocyttus-helgae-in-the-Western-North-Atlantic/10.3374/0079-032X(2008)49[31:FBNHIT]2.0.CO;2.short.
- ↑ Freiwald, André; Roberts, J. Murray (January 17, 2006). Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783540276739. https://books.google.com/books?id=zwg3Ro9QGfQC&q=%22Neocyttus+helgae%22&pg=PA767.
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