Schnakenbeck's searsid

Schnakenbeck's searsid
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Platytroctidae
Genus:	Sagamichthys
Species:	S. schnakenbecki
Binomial name
Sagamichthys schnakenbecki (Krefft, 1953)
Synonyms[2]
Holtbyrnia schankenbecki Krefft, 1953 Holtbyrnia schnakenbecki Krefft, 1953 Searsia schnakenbecki Krefft, 1953

Schnakenbeck's searsid (Sagamichthys schnakenbecki) is a species of fish in the family Platytroctidae (tubeshoulders).[3][4]

It was named by Gerhard Krefft (1912–1993), who named it for his supervisor Werner Schnakenbeck.[5][6]

Description

Schnakenbeck's searsid has a long and slender body (maximum 27 cm (11 in)), dark in colour, with a short snout. It has 27–32 gill rakers, 7 or 8 branchiostegal rays and 9–11 pyloric caeca. The dorsal fin is far back, the pelvic fins behind the midpoint and the anal fin further back. It has photophores and a lateral line.[7][8]

Habitat

Schnakenbeck's searsid is benthopelagic, living in the eastern Atlantic Ocean at depths of 365–850 m (1,198–2,789 ft).[9][10][11][12]

References

1. Academy), Tomio Iwamoto (Cal (July 15, 2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Sagamichthys schnakenbecki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sagamichthys schnakenbecki (Krefft, 1953)". www.marinespecies.org.
3. "Schnakenbeck's searsid - Sagamichthys schnakenbecki - (Krefft, 1953)". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
4. Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United (August 1, 2020). Identification guide to the mesopelagic fishes of the central and south east Atlantic Ocean. Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 9789251330944 – via Google Books.
5. Stehmann, Matthias; Hulley, P. Alexander (1994). "Gerhard Krefft, 30 March 1912-20 March 1993". Copeia. 1994 (2): 558–564. JSTOR 1447019 – via JSTOR.
6. "Sagamichthys schnakenbecki - Schnakenbecks Searsid". Discover Life. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
7. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sagamichthys schnakenbecki (Krefft, 1953)". www.marinespecies.org.
8. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Schnakenbeck's searsid - Sagamichthys schnakenbecki". species-identification.org.
9. "Sagamichthys schnakenbecki, Schnakenbeck's searsid". www.fishbase.se.
10. "Sagamichthys schnakenbecki (Krefft, 1953)". www.gbif.org.
11. Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642828584 – via Google Books.
12. Coad, Brian W.; Reist, James D. (January 1, 2018). Marine Fishes of Arctic Canada. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442647107 – via Google Books.