Zu elongatus

Zu elongatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lampriformes
Family: Trachipteridae
Genus: Zu
Species:
Z. elongatus
Binomial name
Zu elongatus
Heemstra & Kannemeyer, 1984

Zu elongatus, or the taper-tail ribbonfish, is a species of ray-finned fish within the family Trachipteridae.[1] The species distribution is poorly known, and while it likely lives in temperate and tropical waters of all oceans, but has only been encountered in the Atlantic Ocean- off the coasts of Namibia and the western Cape of South Africa- and in the Pacific Ocean off New Zealand.[2][3] It inhabits mesopelagic waters up to 1200 meters below sea level.[4] Other common names for this species include "scalloped dealfish" and spitsstert-lintvis in Afrikaans.[2]

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Zu elongatus Heemstra & Kannemeyer, 1984". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  2. ^ a b "IUCN Red List, Zu elongatus". www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  3. ^ "Zu elongatus, Taper-tail ribbonfish". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  4. ^ "Zu elongatus". fishesofaustralia.net.au. Retrieved 2022-12-10.