blue driftfish
Psenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Psenes pellucidus, the bluefin driftfish, is a species of driftfish native to the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans where it is found in deep waters to a depth of 1000 m. It is also present in low abundance since the mid-20th century in the western Mediterranean Sea which it most likely entered via the Strait of Gibraltar. It can reach a length of 80 cm TL.
Wikipedia contributors, Bluefin driftfish; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:09:53.843944+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Psenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880
- Name authority
- Lütken, 1880
- Common name
- blue driftfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Nomeidae
- Genus
- Psenes
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderScombriformes
- familyNomeidae Günther, 1860
- genusPsenes Valenciennes, 1833
- speciesPsenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Psenes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Psenes arafurensis Günther, 1889 | NomeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| freckled driftfishPsenes cyanophrys Valenciennes, 1833 | NomeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| twospine driftfishPsenes sio Haedrich, 1970 | NomeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Psenes hillii Ogilby, 1915 | NomeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| silver driftfishPsenes maculatus Lütken, 1880 | NomeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cubiceps niger Nümann, 1958 Nümann, 1958 | synonym |
| Papyrichthys pellucidus (Lütken, 1880) (Lütken, 1880) | synonym |
| Psenes edwardsii Eigenmann, 1901 Eigenmann, 1901 | synonym |
| Caristioides amplipinnis Whitley, 1948 Whitley, 1948 | synonym |
| Cubiceps ismaelensis Dieuzeide & Roland, 1955 Dieuzeide & Roland, 1955 | synonym |
| Icticus ischanus Jordan & Thompson, 1914 Jordan & Thompson, 1914 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Lütken, C. F. (1880). Spolia Atlantica. Bidrag til Kundskab om Formforandringer hos Fiske under deres Vaext og Udvikling, saerligt hos nogle af Atlanterhavets Højsøfiske. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig Og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjøbenhavn (Ser. 5), v. 12: 409–613, Pls. 1–5. [Also as a separate, pp. 1–205. Summary in French (pp. 589–613).]. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16328 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4NGC3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.