Acropomatidae
| Acropomatidae | |
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| Verilus sordidus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Percoidei |
| Superfamily: | Percoidea |
| Family: | Acropomatidae |
| Genera | |
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Acropoma |
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Acropomatidae, also known as the lanternbellies or the temperate ocean-basses, is a family of perciform fish consisting of 33 marine species. Members of Acropoma are notable for having light-emitting organs alongside their undersides. They are found in all temperate and tropical oceans, usually at depths of several hundred meters.
Members of the family are generally small, with some ranging up to 40 cm, but most no more than 15 cm. They have two dorsal fins, the first with 7-10 spines, and the second with possibly a spine in addition to 8-10 soft rays. The anal fin has 2-3 spines, and the pelvic fins one spine and five soft rays.
Species
There are 32 species in seven genera:
- Genus Acropoma
- Acropoma argentistigma Okamoto & Ida, 2002.
- Acropoma boholensis Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2002.
- Acropoma hanedai Matsubara, 1953.
- Glowbelly, Acropoma japonicum Günther, 1859.
- Acropoma lecorneti Fourmanoir, 1988.
- Genus Apogonops
- Three-spined cardinalfish, Apogonops anomalus Ogilby, 1896.
- Genus Doederleinia
- Doederleinia berycoides (Hilgendorf, 1879).
- Doederleinia gracilispinis (Fowler, 1943).
- Doederleinia orientalis Steindachner & Döderlein, 1883.
- Genus Malakichthys
- Malakichthys barbatus Yamanoue & Yoseda, 2001.
- Malakichthys elegans Matsubara & Yamaguti, 1943.
- Malakichthys griseus Döderlein, 1883.
- Malakichthys levis Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2001.
- Malakichthys mochizuki Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2001.
- Malakichthys wakiyae Jordan & Hubbs, 1925.
- Genus Neoscombrops
- Sombre splitfin, Neoscombrops annectens Gilchrist, 1922.
- Neoscombrops atlanticus Mochizuki & Sano, 1984.
- Silver splitfin, Neoscombrops cynodon (Regan, 1921).
- Neoscombrops pacificus Mochizuki, 1979.
- Genus Synagrops
- Aden splitfin, Synagrops adeni Kotthaus, 1970.
- Synagrops analis (Katayama, 1957).
- Synagrops argyreus (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897).
- Blackmouth bass, Synagrops bellus (Goode & Bean, 1896).
- Japanese splitfin, Synagrops japonicus (Günther, 1859).
- Synagrops malayanus Weber, 1913.
- Thinlip splitfin, Synagrops microlepis Norman, 1935.
- Synagrops philippinensis (Günther, 1880).
- Synagrops pseudomicrolepis Schultz, 1940.
- Synagrops serratospinosus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912.
- Keelcheek bass, Synagrops spinosus Schultz, 1940.
- Threespine bass, Synagrops trispinosus Mochizuki & Sano, 1984.
- Genus Verilus
- Verilus sordidus Poey, 1860.
Timeline of genera
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Acropomatidae" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2011-05-19.