Beryciformes
| Beryciformes | |
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| Myripristus jacobus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Acanthopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes Regan, 1909 |
| Suborders | |
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Berycoidei | |
The Beryciformes are an order of ray-finned fishes, a poorly understood group of seven families.[1] Most of about 157 species live in deep marine waters and avoid bright light, coming closer to the surface at night.[2]
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Classification
The order contains seven families:[3]
- Suborder Berycoidei
- Berycidae—alfonsinos, nannygais
- Suborder Holocentroidei
- Holocentridae—soldierfishes, squirrelfishes
- Suborder Trachichthyoidei
- Anomalopidae—flashlight fishes, lanterneye fishes
- Anoplogastridae—fangtooth fishes, fangtooths
- Diretmidae—spinyfins
- Monocentridae—pineconefishes, pineapple fishes
- Trachichthyidae—redfishes, roughies, slimeheads
Timeline of genera
Notes
- ↑ WoRMS. (2013). Beryciformes. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Eds. FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2013.
- ↑ Paxton, John R. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N., ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 160–163. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Beryciformes" in FishBase. November 2008 version.
References
- Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2011-05-17.