Bluefin driftfish

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.^[2] It can reach a length of 80 cm TL.^[3]

Bluefin driftfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Nomeidae
Genus:	Psenes
Species:	P. pellucidus
Binomial name
Psenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880
Synonyms
Papyrichthys pellucidus (Lütken, 1880) Psenes edwardsii C. H. Eigenmann, 1901 Icticus ischanus Jordan & Thompson, 1914 Caristioides amplipinnis Whitley, 1948 Cubiceps ismaelensis Dieuzeide & Roland, 1955 Cubiceps niger Nümann, 1958