Sio | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Beryciformes |
Family: | Melamphaidae |
Genus: | Sio Moss, 1962 |
Species: | S. nordenskjoldii |
Binomial name | |
Sio nordenskjoldii (Lönnberg, 1905) | |
Synonyms | |
Melamphaes (Plectromus) nordenskjoldii Lönnberg, 1905 |
Sio is a monotypic genus of fish in the family Melamphaidae, the ridgeheads. The only species is Sio nordenskjoldii, or Nordenskjold's bigscale. It has a circumglobal distribution on the southern hemisphere at depths from 200 to 3,000 metres (660 to 9,840 ft).
Etymology
The genus names refers to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, abbreviated as SIO.
Description
This species grows to a length of 12.3 centimetres (4.8 in) SL.
Conservation
There are no known threats to this species. It is not caught by commercial fisheries.
References
- ^ Moore, J. (2019). "Sio nordenskjoldii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T135432447A135579457. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T135432447A135579457.en. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sio". FishBase. October 2023 version.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Sio". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sio nordenskjoldii". FishBase. October 2023 version.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Sio | |
Sio nordenskjoldii |
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