Japanese gissu

Pterothrissus gissu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Albuliformes
Family: Albulidae
Genus: Pterothrissus
Hilgendorf, 1877
Species: P. gissu
Binomial name
Pterothrissus gissu
Hilgendorf, 1877
Synonyms

Bathythrissa dorsalis Günther, 1877 [1]

Pterothrissus gissu, also known as the Japanese gissu is a species of fish in the family Albulidae.[2] The Japanese gissu is a rare fish that is distributed in deep water off northwest Pacific Ocean. This fish is known to pass through a leptocephalus larval stage, but only metamorphosed (after reaching the fully grown stage) specimens have been available.[3] This species is the only member of its genus.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Hidaka, K., Tsukamoto, Y. & Iwatsuki, Y. (2016): Nemoossis, a new genus for the eastern Atlantic long-fin bonefish Pterothrissus belloci Cadenat 1937 and a redescription of P. gissu Hilgendorf 1877 from the northwestern Pacific. Ichthyological Research, First Online: 19 July 2016.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Pterothrissus gissu" in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  3. Tsukamoto, Y. (2002): Leptocephalus larvae of Pterothrissus gissu collected from the Kuroshio–Oyashio transition region of the western North Pacific, with comments on its metamorphosis. Ichthyological Research, 49 (3): 267-269.


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