Poromitra crassiceps
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| Model of a crested bigfish published in the 1911 edition of Prince Albert of Monoco's "Résultats des campagnes scientifiques" | |
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P. crassiceps
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| Poromitra crassiceps Günther, 1878
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Poromitra crassiceps, commonly called the crested bigscale (also called large-headed midnight fish, crested melamphid, or one-horned melamphaid[2]) is a species of deep sea fish in the ridgehead family.
While the fish with the common name crested bigscale in Alaskan waters had formerly been identified as P. crassiceps, it is now believed that Alaskan crested bigscales are actually Poromitra curilensis, and that P. crassiceps is restricted to the Atlantic ocean.[3] As a result of this mis-identification, P. crassiceps is occasionally identified as the largest ridgehead - while specimens of P. curilensis as large as 18 cm SL[4][5] have been found, the maximum length of P. crassiceps is 14.8 cm SL.[6]
References
- ↑ IUCN 2013. [IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2 www.iucnredlist.org]. Downloaded on 17 February 2014.
- ↑ Fishbase - Common names of Poromitra crassiceps - Accessed 22 May 2012
- ↑ M.S. Yang (1993) - Food habits of the commercially important groundfishes in the Gulf of Alaska in 1990. US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Tech. Memorand MMFS-AFSC-22
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External links
- Crested Bigscale at the Digital Fish Library - With some images of crested bigscales.
- Fishbase Article on Poromitra crassiceps - Much more information with references.
- Résultats des campagnes scientifiques - Prince Albert I of Monaco (french)
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