Caristiidae

Caristiidae
Temporal range: Late Miocene–present
Platyberyx opalescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Scombriformes
Suborder: Scombroidei
Family: Caristiidae
T. N. Gill & H. M. Smith, 1905
Genera

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:

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. An adult manefish is less than 25 cm in length and most of them are entirely black, which helps camouflage them from predators.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Caristiidae". FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. ↑ "Bizarre deep sea manefish filmed". 2010-02-08. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  4. ↑ "The Family Manefish Revised Description 2019". Manefish.com. 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2019-07-09.