Barbourisia rufa Parr, 1945
- Dataset
- The National Checklist of Taiwan (Catalogue of Life in Taiwan, TaiCoL)
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Stephanoberyciformes
- family
- Barbourisiidae
- genus
- Barbourisia
diagnostic
Body somewhat flabby, moderately robust, whale-shaped with median fins opposite and far posterior. Head large; mucous cavities on top of head separated by thick ridges and covered by skin. Eyes small. Snout very long; nasal organ moderately developed. Mouth very large, jaws extending far behind eye. Teeth small and closely set, on jaws, vomer, and ectopterygoid; palatine and copula lacking teeth. Gill rakers well developed, lath-like. Fins without spines; 1 dorsal fin with 19 to 22 soft rays; anal fin with 15 to 18 soft rays; pectoral fins with 13 or 14 rays; pelvic fins abdominal with 6 soft rays; caudal fin with 19 principal rays. Lateral line well developed as a broad tube pierced by small pores and supported by internal scales. Body and head covered by small, adherent, non-imbricate scales with a single, central spine giving a velvet-like texture. No photophores or luminous tissue. No cavernous tissue. Pleural ribs present. Total vertebrae 40 to 43. Colour in life, bright red-orange; in preservative, white.
distribution
Throughout the world ocean in tropical and temperate latitudes. It is very rare and only found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Name
- Homonyms
- Barbourisia rufa Parr, 1945