| Caristiidae Temporal range:
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| Platyberyx opalescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Suborder: | Scombroidei |
| Family: | Caristiidae T. N. Gill & H. M. Smith, 19051 |
| Genera2 | |
Caristiidae, the manefishes, are a family of scombriform ray-finned fishes which today includes 19 extant species distributed in four genera.
Taxonomy
The following genera are known:
- Caristius Gill & Smith, 1905
- Neocaristius Stevenson & Kenaley, 2011
- Paracaristius Trunov, Kukuev & Parin, 2006
- Platyberyx Zugmayer, 1911
In addition, the extinct genera Chalcidichthys and Absalomichthys are known from the Late Miocene of Southern California.
Biology
They are deep-sea marine fishes found in the mesopelagic zone that eat siphonophores.3 An adult manefish is less than 25 cm in length and most of them are entirely black, which helps camouflage them from predators.4
References
References
- Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Caristiidae". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- "Bizarre deep sea manefish filmed". 2010-02-08. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
- "The Family Manefish Revised Description 2019". Manefish.com. 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2019-07-09.