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Gibberichthys

The Gibberichthyidae, also known as gibberfishes, are a small family of deep sea beryciform ray-finned fish, containing a single genus, Gibberichthys, and two species. Found in the tropical western Atlantic, western Indian, and western and southwestern Pacific Oceans at depths of about 400–1,000 m, gibberfishes are of no economic importance. The maximum recorded size for either species is 12 centimetres (4.7 in) standard length.

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Gibberichthys
G. pumilus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Suborder: Stephanoberycoidei
Family: Gibberichthyidae
A. E. Parr, 1933
Genus: Gibberichthys
A. E. Parr, 1933

The Gibberichthyidae, also known as gibberfishes, are a small family of deep sea beryciform ray-finned fish, containing a single genus, Gibberichthys (from the Latin gibba, "humpbacked" and the Greek ichthys, "fish"), and two species.12 Found in the tropical western Atlantic, western Indian, and western and southwestern Pacific Oceans at depths of about 400–1,000 m, gibberfishes are of no economic importance. The maximum recorded size for either species is 12 centimetres (4.7 in) standard length.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:3

  • Gibberichthys latifrons (Thorp, 1969)
  • Gibberichthys pumilus A. E. Parr, 1933 (Gibberfish) (formerly known as Kasidoron edom Robins & De Sylva, 1965)4
See also

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References

References

  1. "Gibberichthyidae - Gibberfishes". Discoverlife.org. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  2. "Gibberfishes - Gibberichthyidae - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Eol.org. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gibberichthys". FishBase. October 2012 version.
  4. "Kasidoron edom Robins & De Sylva, 1965". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-08-06.

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