Imperador, Beryx decadactylus Cuvier 1829

Other Names: Alfonsino, Longfinned Beryx, Long-finned Beryx, Red Bream

An Alfonsino, Beryx splendens, in the northern Gulf of Mexico, march 2012. Source: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Gulf of Mexico 2012 Expedition. License: CC BY Attribution

Summary:

A pinkish-red alfonsino shading to silvery-pink below, with pinkish-red fins, and a reddish eye. The anal fin is long-based and originates below the middle of the dorsal fin.

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Beryx decadactylus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 09 Oct 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1400

Imperador, Beryx decadactylus Cuvier 1829

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Distribution	Coral Sea, Queensland, around southern Australia, to off Jurien Bay, Western Australia; also off Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean, and the Norfolk Ridge, south of Norfolk Island, in the Tasman Sea. Records from South Australia and Western Australia require confirmation. Elsewhere the species is circumglobal in tropical and temperate waters. The species is benthopelagic on seamounts, ridges and rises, often forming aggregations. Reportedly undertakes vertical migrations to shallower water at night.
Features	Body deep, compressed body, eye very large, mouth large, oblique; scales small, ctenoid. The species has very large eyes, a large oblique mouth and small ctenoid scales. Dorsal fin single, short-based; anal fin long-based, originating below middle of the dorsal fin; caudal fin deeply forked.
Feeding	Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and squids.
Etymology	The specific name decadactylus is from the Latin deci- (= ten) and the Greek daktylos (= finger), in reference to the pelvic fins having 10 soft rays in this species.
Species Citation	Beryx decadactylus Cuvier, 1829, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons: 222. Type locality: Madeira.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2020
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Imperador, Beryx decadactylus Cuvier 1829

References

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