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Acanthopterygians
Acanthopterygii (meaning "spiny-finned one") is a superorder of bony fishes in the class Actinopterygii. Members of this superorder are sometimes called ray-finned fishes for the characteristic sharp, bony rays in their fins; however this name is often given to the class Actinopterygii as a whole. The suborder includes the berycids and their allies, but by far the largest member of the group is the Percomorpha, the most diverse vertebrate clade. Taxonomy The following taxonomy is based on ECoF (2025), with subseries based on earlier studies: * Series Berycida ** Order Trachichthyiformes, including pineconefishes, slimeheads & fangtooths ** Order Beryciformes *** Suborder Holocentroidei, squirrelfish & soldierfish *** Suborder Berycoidei, alfonsinos & berycids *** Suborder Stephanoberycoidei, pricklefishes, whalefishes & gibberfishes * Series Percomorpha ** Subseries Ophidiida *** Order Ophidiiformes, including cusk-eels, brotulas & pearlfishes ** Subseri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labidesthes Sicculus
''Labidesthes sicculus'', also known as the Brook silverside is a North American species of Neotropical silverside. The brook silverside lives in slow moving rivers and lakes from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi Basin and Gulf Coastal Plains. The brook silverside survives best in clear water with aquatic vegetation. ''L. sicculus'' feeds on a diet of copepods, insect larvae, and winged insects. The spawning season of the brook silverside occurs during the spring and early summer. The survival of freshwater fishes such as the brook silverside is increasingly threatened. In order to ensure survival of the brook silverside, turbidity of natural habitats should be monitored. Geographic distribution The distribution of brook silverside populations range from the Great Lakes southward through the Mississippi Basin and Gulf Coastal Plains (including 27 U.S. states and parts of Canada). It is native to the majority of this distribution, but has also been stocked outside of its natura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanoberyciformes
The Stephanoberycoidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes, consisting of about 68 species, the majority (61) of which belong to the ridgehead family (biology), family (Melamphaidae). They were formerly placed as their own order, the Stephanoberyciformes. However, more recent taxonomic sources treat them as a suborder of the Beryciformes. The Stephanoberyciformes are mostly uncommon deep sea fish, deep-sea species with little, if any, importance to commercial fishery. They share many morphological similarities with the Berycoidei, their sister order. They are usually found in Australian waters. The whalefishes, which were formerly treated as their own order, are now also placed in this group. Some families treat them as a Taxonomic rank, superfamily within the group named Cetomimoidea; most taxa traditionally placed here would then be the Stephanoberycoidea. The family (biology), families are: * Family Stephanoberycidae Theodore Gill, Gill, 1884 (pricklefishes) * Family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurtiformes
The Apogonoidei is a suborder of Gobiiformes, gobiiform fish consisting of two families: the Indo-Pacific Kurtidae (consisting solely of two species in the genus ''Kurtus'') and the much more diverse and widespread Apogonidae (the cardinalfishes). The order is part of the Percomorpha clade and, based on phylogenetic evidence, is considered a sister taxon to the Gobioidei, gobies and Trichonotus, sand divers. In some older treatments, it is instead treated as its own order, Kurtiformes (). Relationships and defining characteristics A close relationship between the Kurtidae and Apogonidae was postulated based on the similarity of constituent parts of their dorsal fish anatomy, gill arches and that in both groups the eggs have filaments on the Micropyle (zoology), micropyle, which enable the eggs to form a mass. This mass is brooded in the mouth in the Apogonidae and borne on the supraoccipital hook of at least one of the two nursery fishes in the Kurtidae. They also have horizontal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toadfish
{{short description, Common name used for fish Toadfish is the common name for a variety of species from several different families of fish, usually because of their toad-like appearance or calls using their swimbladder. File:OysterToadfish.jpeg, The oyster toadfish (''Opsanus tau'') is one of the Batrachoididae. File:Tetractenos glaber.JPG, Smooth toadfish, ''Tetractenos glaber'' (Tetraodontidae). File:Neophrynichthys latus (Dark toadfish).gif, Dark toadfish, ''Neophrynichthys latus'' (Psychrolutidae). Batrachoididae The entire family ''Batrachoididae'' are typically called toadfishes. They are benthic ambush predators, known for their ability to produce sound with their swim bladders. Tetraodontidae The name ''toadfish'' is applied to some species of the family Tetraodontidae, including: * The banded toadfish, ''Torquigener pleurogramma'' (Australia) * The blackspotted toadfish, ''Arothron nigropunctatus'' (tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans) * The common toadfish (or toadf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batrachoidiformes
Batrachoididae is the only family in the ray-finned fish order Batrachoidiformes . Members of this family are usually called toadfish or frogfish: both the English common name and scientific name refer to their toad-like appearance (''batrakhos'' is Greek for frog). Toadfish are benthic ambush predators that favor sandy or muddy substrates where their cryptic coloration helps them avoid detection by their prey. Toadfish are well known for their ability to "sing", males in particular using the swim bladder as a sound-production device used to attract mates. Evolution Toadfish are among the most basal percomorph orders, and are thought to have diverged from their closest relatives in the Late Cretaceous. The earliest known toadfish is likely '' Bacchiaichthys'' from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Italy, which very closely resembles modern toadfish and is one of the earliest known percomorphs. Its status as a toadfish has been disputed, as it is noted to have some tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearlfish
Pearlfish are marine fish in the ray-finned fish family Carapidae. Pearlfishes inhabit the tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans at depths to , along oceanic shelves and slopes. They are slender, elongated fish with no scales, translucent bodies, and dorsal fin rays which are shorter than their anal fin rays. Adults of most species live symbiotically inside various invertebrate hosts, and some live parasitically inside sea cucumbers. The larvae are free living. Characteristics Pearlfishes are slender, distinguished by having dorsal fin rays that are shorter than their anal fin rays. They have translucent, scaleless bodies reminiscent of eels. The largest pearlfish are about in length. They reproduce by laying oval-shaped eggs, about 1 mm in length. Ecology Pearlfishes are unusual in that the adults of most species live inside various types of invertebrates. They typically live inside clams, sea cucumbers, starfish, or sea squirts, and are simp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brotula (genus)
''Brotula'', also known as bearded cusk-eels, is a genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ... of ophidiiform fish. It is the only genus in the family Brotulidae, formerly considered a subfamily of Ophidiidae. Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * '' Brotula barbata'' ( Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Bearded brotula) * '' Brotula clarkae'' C. L. Hubbs, 1944 (Pacific bearded brotula) * '' Brotula flaviviridis'' D. W. Greenfield, 2005 * '' Brotula multibarbata'' Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (Goatsbeard brotula) * '' Brotula ordwayi'' Hildebrand & F. O. Barton, 1949 (Ordway's brotula) * '' Brotula townsendi'' Fowler, 1900 (Townsend's cusk eel) References Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{Ophidiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cusk-eel
The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ''ophis'' meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. True eels diverged from other ray-finned fish during the Jurassic, while cusk-eels are part of the Percomorpha clade, along with tuna, perch, seahorses, and others. The oldest fossil cusk-eel is '' Ampheristus'', a highly successful genus with numerous species that existed from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) to the early Oligocene. Distribution Cusk-eels live in temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world. They live close to the sea bottom, ranging from shallow water to the hadal zone. One species, '' Abyssobrotula galatheae'', was recorded at the bottom of the Puerto Rico Trench, making it the deepest recorded fish at . Ecology Cusk-eels are generally very solitary in nature, but some species have been seen to associate themselves with tube worm communities. Liki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ophidiiformes
Ophidiiformes is an order of ray-finned fish that includes the cusk-eels (family Ophidiidae), pearlfishes (family Carapidae), viviparous brotulas (family Bythitidae), and others. Members of this order have small heads and long slender bodies. They have either smooth scales or no scales, a long dorsal fin and an anal fin that typically runs into the caudal fin. They mostly come from the tropics and subtropics, and live in both freshwater and marine habitats, including abyssal depths. They have adopted a range of feeding methods and lifestyles, including parasitism. The majority are egg-laying, but some are viviparous. The earliest fossil members are known from the Maastrichtian, and include the basal ophidiiform '' Pastorius'' from Italy and several species of the basal cusk-eel '' Ampheristus'' from the United States and Germany. Distribution This order includes a variety of deep-sea species, including the deepest known, '' Abyssobrotula galatheae'', found at in the Puerto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
