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.[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.
| Gibberichthys | |
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| G. pumilus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Gibberichthyidae A. E. Parr, 1933 |
| Genus: | Gibberichthys A. E. Parr, 1933 |
Species
editThere 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Gibberichthyidae - Gibberfishes". Discoverlife.org. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- ^ "Gibberfishes - Gibberichthyidae - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Eol.org. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gibberichthys". FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ^ "Kasidoron edom Robins & De Sylva, 1965". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
Other sources
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Gibberichthyidae". FishBase.
