Apistus

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Apistus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Subfamily: Apistinae
Genus: Apistus
G. Cuvier, 1829
Species:
A. carinatus
Binomial name
Apistus carinatus
(
J. G. Schneider
, 1801)
Synonyms[2][3][4]

For genus Apistus

For species A. carinatus

  • Scorpaena carinata Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Hypodytes carinatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  • Apistus israelitarum Cuvier, 1829
  • Apistus alatus Cuvier, 1829
  • Apistus evolans Jordan & Starks, 1904
  • Apistus venenans Jordan & Starks, 1904
  • Apistus faurei Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908
  • Apistus balnearum Ogilby, 1910
  • Apistus macrolepidotus Ogily, 1910

Apistus is a

wasp scorpionfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and their relatives. Its only species is the Apistus carinatus which has the common names ocellated waspfish, bearded waspfish, longfin waspfish or ringtailed cardinalfish, has a wide Indo-Pacific
distribution. This species has venom bearing spines in its fins.

Taxonomy

Apistus was first described as a genus in 1829 by the French

Cuvier explained as being due to the long and mobile spines around the eyes, which he described as “very offensive weapons that these fish use when you least expect it”. The specific name, carinatus, means "keeled", presumed to be an allusion to the bony ridges on the head.[6]

Description

Apistus carinatus has a moderately elongated and compressed body. The lateral surface of the head is armed with a dense covering of bony ridges or keels, The rearmost pectoral-fin ray is separate from the rest of the fin.

total length of 20 cm (7.9 in) but 10 cm (3.9 in) is more typical.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Apistus carinatus has a wide distribution in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It occurs from the Red Sea south along the eastern coast of Africa to South Africa, east along the coasts of the Arabian Sea and into the Andaman Sea into the Pacific Ocean as far as the Philippines north to the Bonin Islands and waters off Kyushu of Japan and south to Australia.[1] In Australian waters this species occurs from Shark Bay in Western Australia around the northern coast and south as far as off Newcastle in New South Wales on the east coast.[8] This species is a demersal fish which can be found at depths between 14 and 16 m (46 and 52 ft), although a more typical range is 15 to 50 m (49 to 164 ft),[2] on sandy or silty substrates.[8]

Biology

Apistus carinatus is a nocturnal predator which spends day buried in the sand, only exposing its eyes. If it is disturbed, the long pectoral fins are spread and their bright yellow colour is used to deter predators. It also uses these fins to corner prey and the sensitive barbels on the chin are able to detect pret buried in sand or mud. The spines in the dorsal and anal fins bear a venom gland.[2]

Utilisation

Apistus carinatus is a small sized, venomous fish and is of little interest to fisheries but it is caught in the Persian Gulf in trawl nests and sometimes in seine nets and in Australia as a bycatch in prawn fisheries.[1]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T46096953A46665114.en
    . Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Apistus carinatus" in FishBase. February 2022 version.
  3. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Apistinaeae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Apistus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  5. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original
    on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  6. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (15 March 2022). "Order Perciformes (Part 10): Suborder Scorpaenoidei: Families Apistidae, Tetrarogidae, Synanceiidae, Aploacrinidae, Perryenidae, Eschmeyeridae, Pataceidae, Gnathanacanthidae, Congiopodidae and Zanclorhynchidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Apistus carinatus". Malaysia Biodiversity Information System. Malaysia Biodiversity Centre. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  8. ^ a b c Bray, D.J. (2018). "Apistus carinatus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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