Ribbonfish are fish with elongated, narrow bodies that live in the pelagic hese pelagic fish are named for their slim, ribbon-like appearance. They are rarely seen alive as they typically live in deep waters (though are not bottom feeders)., Specimens have been taken in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean,they have been found in Bay of Bengal, at Mauritius and in the Pacific. The species from the Atlantic has occurred chiefly on the northern coasts, Iceland, Scandinavia, Orkney and Scotland.

Ribbonfish are seldom seen because of the depths they inhabit. When they are observed, however, they are easily recognizable. Their slender, stretched-out bodies have a long dorsal fin, which typically runs down the whole length of the back, from just behind the head. They can have between 62 and 111 vertebrae. Anal fins are not present, and their pectoral fins are small. They also do not have scales. They also grow in an allometric fashion, with different body parts growing at greatly varying rates.

They move in a serpentine way, relying on their bodies' undulations and their dorsal fins to propel them through the water. They are not bottom-feeders, and their diet consists mainly of fish, squid, and small invertebrates. An interesting characteristic they possess is that their jaws can significantly protrude when they are eating. For biological classification, ribbonfish belong to the order lampriformes, under the suborder taeniosomi and in the family trachipteridae. Within the family, there are three genera and ten species. The ribbonfish genera are zu, desmodema, and trachipterus.

You make ribbon fish from, yes, you guessed it, ribbons. The ribbon fish make cute wall or bulletin board decorations. You can weave them from all one color or a multitude of colors, and the width of the ribbon will dictate the size of your ribbon fish. Choose from several different ribbon fish "species" or do lots of different styles, and decorate your wall like a giant aquarium.

Suspend your woven fish from a metal crafting ring using fishing line. Vary the length of the lines used to hang the fish at different heights. These woven ribbon fish only have one good side, but you can compensate for that by making two going in opposite directions and hot gluing them together to form one fish with two good sides. Insert a piece of lace between the fish halves to serve as short, ruffled fins or add small, stuffed-animal craft eyes.

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