Amarsipus

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

Amarsipus carlsbergi is a small and slender type of fish that lives in equatorial parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the only species in the family Amarsipidae.[3]

References

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ a b 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. Retrieved March 3, 2010. 
  3. ^ P. R. Last (2001). "Amarsipidae". In Kent E. Carpenter & Volker H. Niem. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and marine mammals. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. Food and Agriculture Organization. ISBN 92-5-104587-9. ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/y0870e/y0870e40.pdf.