Zu cristatus

Zu cristatus

Scalloped ribbonfish

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Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

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SPECIES

Zu cristatus

Length

80-118

31.5-46.5

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cm inch

Zu cristatus, the scalloped ribbonfish, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae found circumglobally in all oceans at tropical latitudes, at depths down to 90 m. Its length is up to 118 cm.

In the past, the binomial name Trachypterus iris was misapplied to this fish.

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Geography

Continents

Antarctica, Europe, North America, Asia, South America, Africa, Oceania

Subcontinents

Countries

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, France, Albania, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Canada, United States, Russia, Australia, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles, South Africa, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, Yemen, Cyprus, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Syria, Turkey, Portugal, Spain

Oceans

Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian ocean

Seas

Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea, Tasman Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Philippine Sea, Coral Sea, Caribbean Sea

Biogeographical realms

Antarctic, Neotropical, Palearctic, Nearctic, Oceanian, Australasian, Indomalayan, Afrotropical

Islands

Amsterdam-St. Paul Island, Azores, Canary Island, Easter Island, Johnston Island, Kiribati Line Island, Kuril Island, Madeira, Mozambique Channel Island, Phoenix Island, Wake Island, Caribbean Islands

Biome

Oceanic pelagic zone

Climate zones

Zu cristatus

Habits and Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Seasonal behavior

Diet and Nutrition

Diet Carnivore, Planktivore

Population Trend

POPULATION STATUS

Least concern (LC)

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References

1. Zu cristatus Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zu_cristatus

2. Zu cristatus on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/190346/21911500

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