Polymixia nobilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Polymixiiformes |
Family: | Polymixiidae |
Genus: | Polymixia |
Species: | P. nobilis
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Binomial name | |
Polymixia nobilis R. T. Lowe, 1838 [1]
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Polymixia nobilis, the stout beardfish, is a species of beardfish. This species can grow over 48 centimetres (19 in) TL.[2] The species' dorsal fin has five spines and 34-27 soft rays and 10-13 gill rakers.[3] The habitat of the fish is in the benthic zone.[4]
P. nobilis lives on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and range from Bermuda to Guyana. gravel and sandy bottoms, preferring soft bottoms and reefs. These bottom feeders live at a depth of 70-800 meters in-shore.[5] These fish contain separate species in the East Atlantic from the West Atlantic Ocean and Bermuda population.[4]
These broadfish are carnivores that consume bony fish, octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish.[5]