Bluefin driftfish

Psenes pellucidus, the bluefin driftfish, is a species of driftfish native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans where it is found in deep waters to a depth of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). It can reach a length of 80 centimetres (31 in) TL. This species is commercially important.[2]

Bluefin driftfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Nomeidae
Genus: Psenes
Species:
P. pellucidus
Binomial name
Psenes pellucidus
Lütken, 1880
Synonyms
  • Papyrichthys pellucidus (Lütken, 1880)
  • Psenes edwardsii C. H. Eigenmann, 1901
  • Icticus ischanus Jordan & Thompson, 1914
  • Caristioides amplipinnis Whitley, 1948
  • Cubiceps ismaelensis Dieuzeide & Roland, 1955
  • Cubiceps niger Nümann, 1958

References
  1. Dooley, J.; Marechal, J.; Pina Amargos, F.; et al. (2015). "Psenes pellucidus (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16545256A115362452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16545256A16546214.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Psenes pellucidus" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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