Velifer
Appearance
Velifer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lampriformes |
Family: | Veliferidae |
Genus: | Velifer Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 |
Species: | V. hypselopterus
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Binomial name | |
Velifer hypselopterus Bleeker, 1879
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Velifer is an Indo-Pacific genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Veliferidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Velifer hypselopterus, the sailfin velifer. This species grows to a length of 40 centimetres (16 in) total length and is of minor importance in commercial fisheries.
References
[edit]- ^ Williams, A. (2020). "Velifer hypselopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T123376458A123376558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T123376458A123376558.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Velifer at the Paleobiology Database
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Velifer hypselopterus". FishBase. April 2012 version.