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Diagnostic Description

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Dark horizontal lines laterally (Ref. 4412).Description: Characterized further by having predorsal scales extending forward to nostrils; scales very small in anterior patch, sharply demarcated from larger posterior scales; rounded snout; terminal jaw; small teeth, conical, mostly uniserial; deeply forked caudal fin with rounded lobes (Ref. 90102).
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Cristina V. Garilao
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Migration

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Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 28; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 23 - 28; Vertebrae: 31
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Trophic Strategy

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Inhabits the open ocean (Ref. 26340). Found under floating weeds or debris. Adults were found under large weed-rafts at a depth of about 20 meters, using the shade as cover. They also form schools (Ref. 48637). Associated with Sargassum (Ref. 26340) and jellyfish (Ref. 7251).
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Biology

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Inhabits the open ocean (Ref. 26340). Found under floating weeds or debris. Adults were found under large weed-rafts at a depth of about 20 meters, using the shade as cover. They also form schools (Ref. 48637). Associated with Sargassum (Ref. 26340) and jellyfish (Ref. 7251).
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分布

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廣泛分布於世界各溫帶及熱帶海域。台灣周邊海域偶可見。
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利用

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罕見魚種。
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描述

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體卵圓形而側扁,體頗為柔軟。頭中大,吻端鈍圓。眼中大型,其直徑等於或小於吻長。口斜裂,上下頜約等長;上下頜有細齒,鋤骨、腭骨及舌上則無細齒。前鰓蓋骨及主鰓蓋骨皆無棘。鰓耙細長,具擬鰓;鰓裂寬,鰓膜不相連並在喉峽部游離。體被圓鱗,頭部除鰓蓋具鱗外,餘皆無鱗,鰓蓋上緣不存在無鱗域;背前鱗達眼間隔;側線鱗數約60-63。背鰭兩個,緊鄰,中間具缺刻,第一背鰭硬棘IX-XI,第二背鰭鰭條I + 23-28;臀鰭和第二背鰭同型,II-III + 24-28;胸鰭較長,末端至第二背鰭起點之後下方;尾鰭深叉。體灰褐色,腹部淺色;體側中部具多條暗色點狀縱帶。背、臀、月亮及尾鰭灰黑色;胸鰭淺色。
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棲地

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大洋性魚。幼魚通常隨著水母或漂流藻一起行漂游生活,成魚則行底棲生活,通常棲息於大陸棚陡坡區,深度可達550公尺。主要以浮游動物及漂游性的小魚為食。
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Psenes cyanophrys

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Psenes cyanophrys of freckled driftfish[1] is a species of Perciformes in the family Nomeidae.[2]

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  1. ^ "Exploring the marine ecosystems of Niue island and Beveridge Reef" (PDF). National Geographic Society. March 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Psenes cyanophrys Valenciennes, 1833". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
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Psenes cyanophrys: Brief Summary

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Psenes cyanophrys of freckled driftfish is a species of Perciformes in the family Nomeidae.

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Distribution

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Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to South America

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Habitat

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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