Driftfish
| Driftfishes | |
|---|---|
| File:Psenes pellucidus.jpg | |
| Bluefin driftfish, Psenes pellucidus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Suborder: | Stromateoidei |
| Family: | Nomeidae Günther, 1860 |
| Genera[1] | |
Nomeidae, the driftfishes, are a family of scombriform ray-finned fishes found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world. The family includes about 16 species. The largest species, such as the Cape fathead, Cubiceps capensis, reach 1 m in length. Several species are found in association with siphonophores (which are colonies of tiny individual animals that have specialised functions which resemble jellyfish) such as the Portuguese man o' war; the man-of-war fish, Nomeus gronovii, is known to eat its tentacles and gonads, as well as feeding on other jellyfishes. Other species of driftfishes are associated with the floating seaweed Sargassum. The Cape fathead feeds mainly on salps. Some species of Cubiceps are occasionally caught on pelagic longlines set for swordfish.
Timeline of genera
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References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Nomeidae". FishBase. February 2014 version.
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
