Biology:Gibberichthys

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Short description: Family of fishes

Gibberichthys
Gibberichthys pumilus.jpg
G. pumilus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stephanoberyciformes
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 stephanoberyciform fish, containing a single genus, Gibberichthys (from the Latin gibba, "humpbacked" and the Greek ichthys, "fish"), and two species.[1][2] 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

References

Other sources

Wikidata ☰ Q136773 entry

Gibberfish in Cozumel
Gibberfish in Cozumel
Gibberfish found in Cozumel