Trachipterus trachypterus Dealfish, Mediterranean Dealfish, Peregrine Ribbon Fish, Ribbon Fish

Trachipterus trachypterus is commonly referred to as Dealfish, Mediterranean Dealfish, Peregrine Ribbon Fish, Ribbon Fish. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 200000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2907 

AphiaID:

126528 

Scientific:

Trachipterus trachypterus 

German:

Sensenfisch 

English:

Dealfish, Mediterranean Dealfish, Peregrine Ribbon Fish, Ribbon Fish 

Category:

Bandfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lampriformes (Order) > Trachipteridae (Family) > Trachipterus (Genus) > trachypterus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gmelin, ), 1789 

Occurrence:

Benin, Ghana, West Sahara, Gambia, Tunesien, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Australia, Azores, Balearic Islands, Cameroon, Chile, China, Congo, Corea, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Hawaii, India, Japan, Madeira, Morocco, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norfolk Island, Portugal, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South-Africa, Spain, Taiwan, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Falkland Islands, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, USA, Western Pacific Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 

Sea depth:

100 - 600 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 118.11" (300 cm) 

Temperature:

60.8 °F - 75.2 °F (16°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Sepia 

Tank:

43995.69 gal (~ 200000L)  

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Trachipterus altivelis
• Trachipterus arcticus
• Trachipterus fukuzakii
• Trachipterus ishikawae
• Trachipterus jacksonensis
• 
  Trachipterus trachypterus
  Sensenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-10-20 12:06:11 

Last edit:

2026-09-20 20:07:32 

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