Oneirodidae

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dreamers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Lophiiformes Family: Oneirodidae
Genera
Bertella Chaenophryne Chirophryne Ctenochirichthys Danaphryne Dolopichthys Leptacanthichthys Lophodolos Microlophichthys Oneirodes Pentherichthys Phyllorhinichthys Pietschichthys Puck Spiniphryne Tyrannophryne See text for species.

Dreamers are a family, Oneirodidae, of anglerfishes. They are found in deep temperate waters around the world. They are small fishes, the largest species growing to about 20 cm long.

[edit] Species

FishBase lists 63 species in sixteen genera:^[1]

• Genus Bertella
  • Bertella idiomorpha Pietsch, 1973.
• Genus Chaenophryne
  • Smooth dreamer, Chaenophryne draco Beebe, 1932.
  • Chaenophryne longiceps Regan, 1925.
  • Chaenophryne melanorhabdus Regan & Trewavas, 1932.
  • Chaenophryne ramifera Regan & Trewavas, 1932.
• Genus Chirophryne
  • Chirophryne xenolophus Regan & Trewavas, 1932.
• Genus Ctenochirichthys
  • Ctenochirichthys longimanus Regan & Trewavas, 1932.
• Genus Danaphryne
  • Danaphryne nigrifilis (Regan & Trewavas, 1932).
• Genus Dolopichthys
  • Dolopichthys allector Garman, 1899.
  • Dolopichthys danae Regan, 1926.
  • Dolopichthys dinema Pietsch, 1972.
  • Dolopichthys jubatus Regan & Trewavas, 1932.
  • Dolopichthys karsteni Leipertz & Pietsch, 1987.
  • Dolopichthys longicornis Parr, 1927.
  • Dolopichthys pullatus Regan & Trewavas, 1932.
• Genus Leptacanthichthys
  • Plainchin dreamarm, Leptacanthichthys gracilispinis (Regan, 1925).
• Genus Lophodolos
  • Whalehead dreamer, Lophodolos acanthognathus Regan, 1925.
  • Lophodolos indicus Lloyd, 1909.
• Genus Microlophichthys
  • Short-rod anglerfish, Microlophichthys microlophus (Regan, 1925).
• Genus Oneirodes
  • Spiny dreamer, Oneirodes acanthias (Gilbert, 1915).
  • Oneirodes alius Seigel & Pietsch, 1978.
  • Oneirodes anisacanthus (Regan, 1925).
  • Oneirodes appendixus Ni & Xu, 1988.
  • Oneirodes basili Pietsch, 1974.
  • Oneirodes bradburyae Grey, 1957.
  • Bulb-fish, Oneirodes bulbosus Chapman, 1939.
  • Oneirodes carlsbergi (Regan & Trewavas, 1932).
  • Oneirodes clarkei Swinney & Pietsch, 1988.
  • Oneirodes cristatus (Regan & Trewavas, 1932).
  • Oneirodes dicromischus Pietsch, 1974.
  • Nightmare dreamer, Oneirodes epithales Orr, 1991.
  • Bulbous dreamer, Oneirodes eschrichtii Lütken, 1871.
  • Oneirodes flagellifer (Regan & Trewavas, 1932).
  • Oneirodes haplonema Stewart & Pietsch, 1998.
  • Oneirodes heteronema (Regan & Trewavas, 1932).
  • Oneirodes kreffti Pietsch, 1974.
  • Oneirodes luetkeni (Regan, 1925).
  • Oneirodes macronema (Regan & Trewavas, 1932).
  • Oneirodes macrosteus Pietsch, 1974.
  • Oneirodes melanocauda Bertelsen, 1951.
  • Oneirodes micronema Grobecker, 1978.
  • Oneirodes mirus (Regan & Trewavas, 1932).
  • Oneirodes myrionemus Pietsch, 1974.
  • Oneirodes notius Pietsch, 1974.
  • Oneirodes pietschi Ho & Shao, 2004.
  • Oneirodes plagionema Pietsch & Seigel, 1980.
  • Oneirodes posti Bertelsen & Grobecker, 1980.
  • Oneirodes pterurus Pietsch & Seigel, 1980.
  • Oneirodes rosenblatti Pietsch, 1974.
  • Oneirodes sabex Pietsch & Seigel, 1980.
  • Oneirodes schistonema Pietsch & Seigel, 1980.
  • Oneirodes schmidti (Regan & Trewavas, 1932).
  • Oneirodes theodoritissieri Belloc, 1938.
  • Oneirodes thompsoni (Schultz, 1934).
  • Oneirodes thysanema Pietsch & Seigel, 1980.
  • Oneirodes whitleyi Bertelsen & Pietsch, 1983.
• Genus Pentherichthys
  • Pentherichthys venustus (Regan & Trewavas, 1932).
• Genus Phyllorhinichthys
  • Phyllorhinichthys balushkini Pietsch, 2004.
  • Phyllorhinichthys micractis Pietsch, 1969.
• Genus Pietschichthys
  • Pietschichthys horridus Kharin, 1989.
• Genus Puck
  • Puck pinnata Pietsch, 1978.
• Genus Spiniphryne
  • Spiniphryne duhameli Pietsch & Baldwin, 2006

.^[2]

• • Spiniphryne gladisfenae (Beebe, 1932).
• Genus Tyrannophryne
  • Tyrannophryne pugnax Regan & Trewavas, 1932.

[edit] References

1. ^ "Thaumatichthyidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. March 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
2. ^ Pietsch & Baldwin (2006). "A revision of the deep-sea anglerfish genus Spiniphryne Bertelsen (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei: Oneirodidae), with description of a new species from the central and eastern North Pacific Ocean.". Copeia 2006 (3): 406ff.