Scombropidae

Gnomefish

Gnomefish

Family of fishes

The gnomefishes form a small family, Scombropidae, consisting of three extant species of marine fish in the genus Scombrops. They have two dorsal fins and are notable for scales covering the soft parts of the dorsal and anal fins. The eyes are large. The gnomefish, S. boops, lives in deep rocky areas, down to 400 m. It can grow to 150 cm total length and 16 kg weight.

Quick Facts Gnomefish Temporal range: Early Eocene to Present, Scientific classification ...

S. gilberti occurs in the western Pacific including Japan. The Atlantic scombrops, S. oculatus, is widely found in the subtropical western Atlantic, particularly the Florida and Bahamas area. It is a deepwater fish, caught by anglers between 200 and 610 m.

Species

The following species are classified within the genus Scombrops:[4]

The Scombropidae have been put forward as the sister taxon to the Pempheridae by some authorities.[5]

References

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    Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
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    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Scombrops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Scombrops in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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    Tadasuke Tsunashima; Riko Yamada; Koko Abe; Shunsuke Noguchi (2015). "Phylogenetic position of scombropidae within teleostei: The complete mitochondrial genome of the gnomefish, Scombrops Gilberti". Mitochondrial DNA. 27 (5): 1–3. doi:10.3109/19401736.2015.1063135.
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