Fish of the Zu genus of the Trachipteridae (Ribbonfishes) family of the Taeniosomi suborder of the Lampriformes order of the Lampridiomorpha superorder.
(Scalloped ribbonfish. Photo by © Soledad S. Garibay. fishbase.org)
Scalloped ribbonfish (Zu cristatus) was first described in 1819 by the Italian zoologist Franco Andrea Bonelli (1784-1830).
It is a bathypelagic species. It inhabits the depths of up to 90 meters. The maximum recorded length is 118 cm. It feeds on small fish and squid.
(Scalloped ribbonfish. Photo by © Robert Minderlein. fishbase.org)
Several occurrences of the fish were recorded in the Adriatic Sea.
Names of scalloped ribbonfish (Zu cristatus) in other languages are as follows:
Peshku shirit me gunga (Albanian), Ζωνοχαρτόψαρο (Zonohartopsaro) (Greek), Cardenal (Spanish), Pesce falce (Italian), Kamm-Spanfisch (German),Wstęgor grzywiasty (Polish), Гребенчатый зу (Grebenchatiy zu) (Russian), Srporiba srebrenica, Vlasuljka (Serbian, Croatian), Tepelikağıt balığı (Turkish), Trachyptère ventru (French).