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Beardfish
Polymixia berndti Gilbert, 1905
The Beardfish has large silver scales, a long-based dorsal fin and a pair of long chin barbels (glossary).
This species usually lives in deep marine waters (18m-520m) and is mostly seen in the catches of trawlers.
It is recorded from tropical and subtropical marine waters of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. In Australia, the Beardfish has an interrupted distribution. It is found on the north-western coast of Western Australia and also occurs from northern Queensland to the southern coast of New South Wales.
Further reading
- Gloerfelt-Tarp, T & P.J. Kailola. 1984. Trawled Fishes of southern Indonesia and north-western Australia. Jakarta: Directorate General of Fisheries (Indonesia), German Agency for Technical Cooperation, Australian Development Assistance Bureau. Pp. 406.
- Kotlyar, A.N. 1993. A New Species of the Genus Polymixia (Polymixiidae, Beryciformes) from the Kyushu-Palau Submarine Ridge and Notes on the Other Members of the Genus. Journal of Ichthyology, 33(3): 30-49.
- Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen & J.E. Hanley. 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol.7 Pisces Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Survey. Pp. i-xii, 1-665.
