Jointed Razorfish
📖 Overview
Form schools among the spines of Diadema or staghorn corals, and feed on minute crustaceans in the zooplankton. Remarkable for their strange body shape and swimming habit: the body is encased in an armor of thin, transparent plates; they swim in synchronized groups, each fish in a vertical position with the snout pointing downwards.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12. Recognized by hinged part of dorsal fin spine. Variable in color with habitat. Greenish-yellow with diffused stripe when in seagrass environment. Pale with black stripe when found on open substrate with white sand or rubble . : elongated; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Jointed Razorfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 42 m . Tropical; 32°N - 32°S, 38°E - 170°E West Pacific: Tanzania (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
minute crustaceans in the zooplankton
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Canif · Coral Shrimpfish · Hinged Shrimpfish · Jointed Razor-fish · Jointed Razorfish · Shrimpfish · razorfish |
| 🌍CES | klunatka jednopruhá |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Almindelig Bajonetfisk |
| 🇩🇪German | Gestreifter Schnepfenmesserfisch · Rasiermesserfisch |
| 🌍EST | Harilik kõversaba |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Katkarapukala |
| 🇫🇷French | Poisson-couteau · Poisson-couteau strié |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Pesce rasoio |
| 🌍JAV | Piso-piso |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Heko-ayu · Hekoayu · ヘコアユ |
| 🌍MSA | Kering · Lidi · Pisau Lipat · Pisau-pisau · Piso Piso |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Gestreepte scheermesvis |
| 🇵🇱Polish | brzytewnik zwyczajny |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Peixe-navalha-do-coral |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Обыкновенная кривохвостка · кривохвостка обыкновенная · нож-рыба · нож-рыба обыкновенная |
| 🌍SLV | Morska britvica |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Pez navaja articulado |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Bajonettfisk |
| 🌍TGL | Isdang Laring-laring · Isdang Sikwan · Punyal |
| 🌍THA | ปลาข้างใส · ปลาข้างใสแถบดำ · ปลามีดโกน · ปลาใบมีดโกน |
| 🌍VIE | Cá Lưỡi dao |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 刀片魚 · 条纹虾鱼 · 条纹鰕鱼 · 條紋蝦魚 · 條紋鰕魚 · 玻璃魚 · 甲香魚 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amphisile strigata | Günther | 1861 | Synonym |
| Centriscus strigatus | Günther | 1861 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 32 records indexed .
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