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Blackrag

Psenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880

Status not recordedbony fish

The blackrag (Psenes pellucidus) is a species in the family Nomeidae, order Scombriformes.

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Quick facts about the blackrag

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blackrag live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the blackrag as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Algeria
  2. France
  3. Morocco

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the blackrag endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blackrag classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderScombriformes
  5. familyNomeidae
  6. genusPsenes
  7. SpeciesPsenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880

Synonyms Caristioides amplipinnis, Cubiceps ismaelensis, Cubiceps niger, Icticus ischanus, Papyrichthys pellucidus, Psenes edwardsii

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Blue driftfishEnglish
  • Bluefin driftfishEnglish
  • Eyebrow fishEnglish
  • ScissortailEnglish
  • Short-finned TrevallaEnglish
  • medúzovka prosvítaváCzech
  • derivante aleta azulSpanish
  • sinieväpolyyppikalaFinnish
  • Dérivant gélatineuxFrench
  • ハナビラウオJapanese
  • 물릉돔Korean
  • Peixe-derivante-de-barbatana-azulPortuguese
  • Псен прозрачныйRussian
  • 水母鯧Chinese
  • Hanabira-uoJapanese
  • 花瓣玉鯧Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the blackrag

Other species in the same genus Psenes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the blackrag an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the blackrag as introduced in 3 countries: Algeria, France and Morocco, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the blackrag?

The blackrag (Psenes pellucidus) belongs to the family Nomeidae in the order Scombriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blackrag (Psenes pellucidus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blackrag

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BibTeX
@misc{blackrag_2026,
  title = {Blackrag (Psenes pellucidus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blackrag},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}