Amarsipa, Amarsipus carlsbergi Haedrich 1969

Summary:

A rare translucent pelagic species with transparent fins.

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Bray, D.J. 2021, Amarsipus carlsbergi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2567

Amarsipa, Amarsipus carlsbergi Haedrich 1969

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Distribution	Coral Sea east of Carter Reef, Queensland, and off Myrmidon Reef. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Juveniles are pelagic over deep water, and adults are taken in pelagic trawls at 30-130 m in the deep scattering layers. This rare species most likely belong to the migrating interzonal complex of pelagic species.
Features	Dorsal fin X-X II, 22-27; Anal fin 28-32 (total elements); Pectoral fin 17-19; Pelvic fin I, 5; Gill rakers 5-6 + 1 + 11-14; Lateral line scales 100-150 (difficult to count), Vertebrae 45-47; Branchiostegal rays 6. Stromateoid fishes with jugular pelvic fins, two weakly separated dorsal fins, teeth present on vomer, six branchiostegal rays, and six hypural and two epural elements in the tail. Pharyngeal bones armed with particularly long, strong teeth, much larger than jaw teeth.
Etymology	The species is named carlsbergi in honour 'of the Danish house of Carlsberg, patron of oceanic ichthyology for over half a century and brewer of a very fine beer'.
Species Citation	Amarsipus carlsbergi Haedrich 1969, Dana Reports 76: 8, fig. 7. Type locality: 360 km east of Mombasa, Kenya, 4°21'S, 42°56'E.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2021
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Amarsipa, Amarsipus carlsbergi Haedrich 1969

References

Haedrich, R.L. 1969. A new family of stromateoid fishes from the equatorial Indo-Pacific. Dana Reports 76: 1-14 figs 1-10

Konovalenko, I.I. & Piotrovskiy, A.S. 1989. First description of a sexually mature Amarsipa, Amarsipus carlsbergi. Journal of Ichthyology 28(5): 86-89

Last, P.R. 2001. Amarsipidae. pp. 3765-3766 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.

Okamoto, M., Hoshino, K. & Jintoku, T. 2012. First record of Amarsipus carlsbergi (Perciformes: Stromateoidei: Amarsipidae) from Japan and a northernmost range extension. Biogeography (Japan) 13: 25-29.

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62