Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Lampriformes
Family: Trachipteridae Ribbonfishes

Genus: Zu

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Photo by JAMARC

Circumglobal in the tropi
Max. Length 118 cm SL
Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1819)

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Zu cristatus
[Scalloped ribbonfish]

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Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 120 cm TL
Zu elongatus Heemstra & Kannemeyer, 1984

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Zu elongatus
[Taper-tail ribbonfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Zu cristatus Scalloped ribbonfish Circumglobal in the tropi 118 SL 1819
Zu elongatus Taper-tail ribbonfish Southeast Atlantic 120 TL 1984



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