Biology:Amarsipus

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Amarsipus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Suborder: Stromateoidei
Family: Amarsipidae
Haedrich, 1969 [2]
Genus: Amarsipus
Haedrich, 1969 [1]
Species:
A. carlsbergi
Binomial name
Amarsipus carlsbergi
Haedrich, 1969 [1]

Amarsipus is the sole genus in the bagless glassfish family, Amarsipidae. It contains the single species Amarsipus carlsbergi, the amarsipa, which is a small and slender fish that lives in equatorial parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is found at depths from 30 to 130 m (98 to 427 ft). It reaches 21.2 cm (8.3 in) in standard length.[3] Molecular phylogenetic analysis has placed this family in the Scombriformes within Pelagiaria; however, relationships between many pelagiarian lineages are poorly resolved and the nearest relatives of Amarsipidae remain unclear.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nicolas Bailly (2009). "Amarsipus carlsbergi Haedrich, 1969". in Nicolas Bailly. World Database of Marine Pisces. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219735. 
  2. Ryu Doiuchi & Tetsuji Nakabo (2006). "Molecular phylogeny of the stromateoid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences and compared with morphology-based hypotheses". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (1): 111–123. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.10.007. PMID 16314116. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Amarsipus carlsbergi" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  4. Campbell, Matthew A.; Sado, Tetsuya; Shinzato, Chuya; Koyanagi, Ryo; Okamoto, Makoto; Miya, Masaki (2018). "Multilocus phylogenetic analysis of the first molecular data from the rare and monotypic Amarsipidae places the family within the Pelagia and highlights limitations of existing data sets in resolving pelagian interrelationships". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 124: 172–180. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.008. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29526805. 

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