Scalloped ribbonfish
The scalloped ribbonfish (Zu cristatus), is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae found circumglobally in all oceans at tropical latitudes, at depths down to 90 m. Its length is up to 118 cm.
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| Species: | Z. cristatus |
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| Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1819) | |
In the past, the binomial name Trachypterus iris was misapplied to this fish.[2][3]
Illustration of a scalloped ribbonfish.
References
- Arnold, R. 2015. Zu cristatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T190346A21911500. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190346A21911500.en. Downloaded on 21 July 2020.
- King, Joseph E., and Isaac I Ikehara, "Some Unusual Fishes From the Central Pacific," Pacific Science, Volume X, January 1956 Retrieved September 1, 2018
- fishbase.de Trachypterus iris (non Walbaum, 1792) Misapplied name for Zu cristatus (non Walbaum, 1792) Retrieved September 1, 2018
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Zu cristatus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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