Centriscus scutatus

• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Bibliography
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• Notes

Common Names

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Description

Family Centriscidae

Distribution: Indo-Pacific . Body extremely compressed , razorlike body with a sharp entral edge . Thin bony plates which are expansions of the vertebral column almost entirely cover the body. First dorsal spine long and sharp, located at the extreme end of the body; 2 shorter spines follow it. Dorsal and caudal soft fins are displaced ventrally. Lateral line absent. No teeth. Swims in vertical position with the snout downwards; feeds on small zooplankton . Maximum length up to 15 cm.The family Centriscidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Syngnathiformes. It contains 5 genera and 15 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is balistiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be sluggish. Members of this family have been dated back to the lower Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Greek, kentriskos, -ou, a kind of fish without identification

Habitat

Inhabits sandy or muddy floors of shallow inlet waters. Usually in large schools among branching corals , seawhip gardens and black coral bushes to about 15 m depth. Small juveniles in surface waters and sometimes in small groups along beach edges in quite bays and settle with crinoids or urchins (Ref. 48635). May be found at depths of 3 to 100 meters.

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 867 meters (0 to 2,844 feet).Mean = -25.840 meters (-84.777 feet), Standard Deviation = 57.380 based on 502 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biome: Brackish water, saltwater . Reef-associated .

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Centriscops humerosus subsp. obliquus Waite, 1911
2. Centriscops obliquus Waite, 1911
3. Centriscus humerosus Richardson, 1846
4. Centriscus scutatus Linnaeus

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Family : Snipefishes and shrimpfishes .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Centriscus

There are approximately 6 species in this genus:

C. brevispinis · C. cristatus (Razorfish) · Macroramphosus scolopax · C. scutatus (Grooved Razor-Fish) · Macroramphosus scolopax · C. strigatus

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Notes

Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 21 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• FishBase, FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, AIMS - Baited Remote Underwater Video Station
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, AIMS - Bioresources Library
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
• National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3855855
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-31858
• Fishbase Species ID: 6510
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13541848
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 166437
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 105431

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