Banded yellowfish (Centriscops humerosus) fish species and information / pictures of Banded yellowfish - Centriscops humerosus

Banded yellowfish (Centriscops humerosus) fish species information

Scientific Name
Centriscops humerosus

Common Name
Banded yellowfish

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16-18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 21. Orange in color with 6 oblique dark red to blue bands (Ref. 5382). Four well-developed plates on body in a line behind eye (Ref. 57469).

Classification

Classified By

Richardson, 1846

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Pipefishes and Seahorses (Syngnathiformes)

Family

Snipefishes and shrimpfishes (Centriscidae)

Distribution

Region

Circumglobal in southern temperate waters. Southeast Atlantic

Distribution

Circumglobal in southern temperate waters. Southeast Atlantic: South Africa, from Cape Columbine to False Bay; also reported from Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island (Ref. 11228). Southwest Atlantic: Argentina. Southwest Pacific: Australia and New Zealand (Ref. 5755).

Range

- 55°S

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

35 m

Depth To - meters

1000 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 35 - 1000 m (Ref. 9563), usually 400 - 750 m (Ref. 9563)

Trophic Level

3.57 s.e. 0.53 Based on food items.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

30.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 1.0002 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100)

Resilience

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated