Ribbon sawtail fish

The ribbon sawtail fish, Idiacanthus fasciola, is a barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found around the world at depths over 500 m between latitudes 40° N and 54° S. Length is up to 35 cm in general for the female, and 15 cm for the male.

Ribbon sawtail fish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Stomiiformes
Family:
Stomiidae
Genus:
Idiacanthus
Species:
I. fasciola
Binomial name
Idiacanthus fasciola
Synonyms

Stylophthalmus paradoxus, Brauer, 1902 [1]

References
  1. WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Stylophthalmus paradoxus Brauer, 1902
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Idiacanthus fasciola" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
  • https://archive.is/20130212144646/http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/LarvalBase/Summary/LarvaSummary.cfm?genusname=Idiacanthus&speciesname=fasciola


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