Animalia > Chordata > Albuliformes > Albulidae > Pterothrissus > Pterothrissus gissu

Pterothrissus gissu (Japanese gissu)

Synonyms: Bathythrissa dorsalis; Pterothrissus gissus
Language: German; Japanese; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Pterothrissus gissu, also known as the Japanese gissu is a species of fish in the family Albulidae. The Japanese gissu is a rare fish that is distributed in deep water off northwest Pacific Ocean. This fish is known to pass through a leptocephalus larval stage, but only metamorphosed (after reaching the fully grown stage) specimens have been available. This species is the only member of its genus.
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Prey / Diet

Euphausia pacifica (Pacific krill)[1]
Gadus chalcogrammus (Whiting)[1]
Oregonia gracilis (graceful decorator crab)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Gissutrema pterothrissi[2]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0