Zu (fish)
Appearance
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Zu | |
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Scalloped ribbonfish (Z. cristatus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lampriformes |
Family: | Trachipteridae |
Genus: | Zu Walters & Fitch, 1960 |
Species | |
Z. cristatus
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Zu is a small genus of ribbonfishes with currently two recognized species:[1]
- Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1819) (scalloped ribbonfish)
- Zu elongatus Heemstra & Kannemeyer, 1984 (taper-tail ribbonfish)
The scalloped ribbonfish is found around the oceans of the world in the tropical latitudes, but the taper-tail ribbonfish is limited to the southeast Atlantic.
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Zu". FishBase. April 2012 version.