Yawning (fish)

Yawning (fish)

Taxobox
name = Yawning


image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Stephanoberyciformes
familia = Melamphaidae
genus = "Poromitra"
species = "P. oscitans"
binomial = "Poromitra oscitans"
binomial_authority = Ebeling, 1975

The yawning, "Poromitra oscitans", is a fish of the family Melamphaidae, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the indo-Pacific region, at depths of from 800 to 5000 m. The adult fish length is typically from 7 to 10 cm.

The yawning is a small deep-water bathypelagic species, similar to Melamphaes microps but with a higher back, which gives it a more substantial look, and much smaller eyes and larger mouth.

The colour is dark brown or black.

References

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* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, "Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand", (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8


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