Polymixia berndti

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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Overview

Family : Beardfishes ;

Common Names

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Description

Family Polymixiidae

Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Western Pacific. Tropical and subtropical . Moderately elongate and compressed . A pair of barbels on hyoid . Continuous dorsal fin; 4-6 spines, 26-38 soft rays . Anal fin 4 short spines, 13-17 soft rays. Subabdominal pelvic fin ; 1 spinelike ray , 6 soft rays. Caudal fin 16 branched rays . Scales in lateral line about 33-38. Banchiostegal 4 rays. Gillrakers 11-21. Supramaxillae 2. Epurals 3. Subocular shelf , ortbitosphenoid, and basisphenoid present. Vertebrae usually 29 or 30. Maximum length attains 38 cm . Usually found in depths between 180 and 640 m .The family Polymixiidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Polymixiiformes. It contains 1 genus and 5 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not 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 carangiform . Members of this family have been dated back to the Cretaceous period. Etymology of this family name : Greek, poly = a lot of + Greek, myxa = mud

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,342 meters (0 to -17,526 feet).Mean = -1,250.510 meters (-4,102.723 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,527.700 based on 70 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biome: Saltwater . Reef-associated .

Taxonomy

Ambiguous Synonyms

1. Neobrama webbii (non Valenciennes, 1837)

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Polymixia berndti Gilbert, 1905

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Polymixia

There are approximately 11 species in this genus:

P. berndti (Beardfish) · P. busakhini · P. fusca · P. japonica (Japanese Beardfish) · P. longispina · P. lowei (Barbudo) · P. nobilis (Atlantic Beardfish) · P. nobilis virginica · P. salagomeziensis · P. sazonovi · P. yuri

Bibliography

• Bianco, P. G. and T. T. Nalbant 1980 Redescription of Cobitis linea, with some remarks on the subgenus Bicanestrinia (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). Copeia 1980(4):903-906.
• Fricke, R. (1999). Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31: 759 p.
• Heemstra, P.C. (1986). Polymixiidae. p. 432. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
• Kotlyar, A.N. (1993). A new species of the genus Polymixia (Polymixiidae, Beryciformes) from the Kyushu-Palau submarine ridge and notes on the other members of the genus. J. Ichthyol. 33(3):30-49.
• Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley (1989). Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p.
• Shen, S.C. (ed.) (1993). Fishes of Taiwan. Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei. 960 p.
• Shiino, Sueo M. 1976. List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. Shima Marineland. Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan. 262.

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 22, 2006.
• FishBase
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
• Paxton, John (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bishop Museum Data (OBIS distribution) (USOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 1986-1990)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 2006-)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: SeamountsOnline (seamount biota)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3858356
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-33850
• Fishbase Species ID: 10273
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13545427
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 166129
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 121318

Footnotes

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