Manefish

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Manefishes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Caristiidae
Genera and species

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Manefishes are perciform fishes in the family Caristiidae. They are deep-sea marine fishes that eat siphonophores.

[edit] Genera and species

  • Genus Caristius
    • Caristius groenlandicus Jensen, 1941.
    • Caristius japonicus Gill & Smith, 1905.
    • Caristius macropus (Bellotti, 1903).
    • Caristius maderensis Maul, 1949.
  • Genus Platyberyx
    • Platyberyx opalescens Zugmayer, 1911.

[edit] References

  • "Caristiidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.