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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lampriformes |
| Family: | Trachipteridae |
| Genus: | Zu |
| Species: | Z. cristatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1819)
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Zu cristatus, the scalloped ribbonfish, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae found circumglobally in all oceans at tropical latitudes, at depths down to 90 m. Its length is up to 118 cm.
In the past, the binomial name Trachypterus iris was misapplied to this fish.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ Arnold, R. (2015). "Zu cristatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190346A21911500. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190346A21911500.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ King, Joseph E., and Isaac I Ikehara, "Some Unusual Fishes From the Central Pacific," Pacific Science, Volume X, January 1956 Retrieved September 1, 2018
- ^ fishbase.de Trachypterus iris (non Walbaum, 1792) Misapplied name for Zu cristatus (non Walbaum, 1792) Retrieved September 1, 2018
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Zu cristatus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.