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Icosteus aenigmaticus
Lockington
Icosteus aenigmaticus
was originally described as
Icosteus aenigmaticus
by Lockington in 1880. It belongs to the family
Icosteidae
. It is commonly known as Ragfish but has many other common names such as ragfish in USA, Ragfish in British Columbia, Fan-tailed rag-fish in Canada, Ragfish in Canada.
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It is found in Salt water.
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aenigmaticus
AuthorWI
Lockington [W. N.]
AuthorNI
Lockington
Qualification
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Year
1880
Status
Valid
Class
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes
Order
Icosteiformes
Icosteiformes
Family
Icosteidae
Subfamily
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Genus
Icosteus
Subgenus
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Class
Osteichthyes
Order
Icosteiformes
Family
Icosteidae
Genus
Icosteus
Original Name
Icosteus
Taxon Name
aenigmaticus
Original Combination
Icosteus aenigmaticus
Original Genus
Icosteus
Original Genus Species
Icosteus aenigmaticus
OriginalSubGenus
Icosteus
Original Author
Lockington
Original AuthorWI
Lockington [W. N.]
Original Qualification
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Original Year
1880
Original Family
Icosteidae
Original SubFamily
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Original Level
species
Type Locality
San Francisco market, California, U.S.A.
Types
Syntypes: CAS (2), lost in 1906.
Primary Code
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Journal
Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus.
Citation
v. 3 (no. 123)
Page
63
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Qualification SS
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Current Genus Species
Icosteus aenigmaticus
Current Species
aenigmaticus
Current Genus
Icosteus
Current AuthorWI
Lockington [W. N.]
Current AuthorNI
Lockington
Current Year
1880
Current Family
Icosteidae
Current Subfamily
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Habitat
Marine.
Water
Salt water
Habitat Notes
Found offshore. Feeds on fishes and squids. Eaten by sperm whales. Spawns in the summer and winter (Ref. 6885). A 136 cm SL female probably produces about 435, 000 light amber coloured eggs (Ref. 6885).
Depth Range
From 18 to 732 meters.
Current Summary
Valid as
Icosteus aenigmaticus
Lockington 1880. Icosteidae.
Name History
•Valid as Icosteus aenigmaticus Lockington 1880 -- (Nakaya in Amaoka et al. 1983:149, 211 [ref. 8379], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:283 [ref. 9277], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:309 [ref. 6441], Matarese et al. 1989:538 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:175 [ref. 14674], Kubota & Tsukada 1996:56 [ref. 24966], Nakabo 2000:1120 [ref. 25182], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:39 [ref. 25650], Shinohara et al. 2001:330 [ref. 25995], Allen 2001:1 [ref. 26950], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:796 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:1120 [ref. 26193], Okamoto et al. 2002:98 [ref. 26529], Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27304], Fedorov et al. 2003:130 [ref. 27579], Parin 2003:S24 [ref. 28536], Nelson et al. 2004:167 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:172 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:471 [ref. 33547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:65 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:300 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:90 [ref. 37205]).
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