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Caristiidae
Caristiidae, the manefishes, are a family of perciform fishes which today includes 19 extant species distributed in four genera. '' Chalcidichthys malacapterygius'' and '' Absalomichthys velifer'' are extinct species from the Upper Miocene of Southern California. Biography They are deep-sea marine fishes 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. Timeline ImageSize = width:1000px height:auto barincrement:15px PlotArea = left:10px bottom:50px top:10px right:10px Period = from:-65.5 till:10 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:-65.5 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:-65.5 TimeAxis = orientation:hor AlignBars = justify Colors = #legends id:CAR value:claret id:ANK value:rgb(0.4,0.3,0.196) id:HER value:teal id:HAD value:green id:OMN value:blue id:black value:black id:white ...
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Caristius
''Caristius'' is a genus of manefishes native to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Ecology A member of the genus ''Caristius'' associates with the siphonophore ''Bathyphysa conifera'', using it for shelter, stealing meals, and perhaps nibbling on its host as well, yet protecting it from amphipod parasites such as ''Themisto''. This symbiotic relationship appears mutualistic. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Caristius andriashevi'' Kukuev, Parin & Trunov, 2012Kukuev, E.I., Parin, N.V. & Trunov, I.A. (2012): Materials for the Revision of the Family Caristiidae (Perciformes). 2. Manefishes from the East Atlantic (Redescription of ''Platyberyx opalescens'' Zugmayer and Description of Two New Species ''Platyberyx mauli'' sp. n. and ''Caristius andriashevi'' sp. n.). ''Journal of Ichthyology, 52 (3): 185-199.'' * '' Caristius barsukovi'' Kukuev, Parin & Trunov, 2013Kukuev, E.I., Parin, N.V. & Trunov, I.A. (2013): Materials for the Revision of ...
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Platyberyx Opalescens
''Platyberyx'' is a genus of manefishes native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe .... Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Platyberyx mauli'' Kukuev, Parin & Trunov, 2012Kukuev, E.I., Parin, N.V. & Trunov, I.A. (2012): Materials for the Revision of the Family Caristiidae (Perciformes). 2. Manefishes from the East Atlantic (Redescription of ''Platyberyx opalescens'' Zugmayer and Description of Two New Species ''Platyberyx mauli'' sp. n. and ''Caristius andriashevi'' sp. n.). ''Journal of Ichthyology, 52 (3): 185-199.'' * '' Platyberyx opalescens'' Zugmayer, 1911 * '' Platyberyx paucus'' D. E. Stevenson & Kenaley, 2013Stevenson, D.E. & Kenaley, C.P. (2013): Revision of the Manefish Genera ''Caristiu ...
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Paracaristius
''Paracaristius'' is a genus of fish in the family Caristiidae, the manefishes. It is a small genus with mostly newly described species.Stevenson, D. E. and C. P. Kenaley. (2011)Revision of the manefish genus ''Paracaristius'' (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae), with descriptions of a new genus and three new species.''Copeia'' 2011(3) 385-99. Fish in this genus are separated from similar taxa by the arrangement of their teeth. They have compressed heads with very short snouts, small mouths, and two nostrils. The body is oval to rectangular. The lateral line is not visible. The dorsal fin extends along nearly the whole top edge of the body, and the pectoral fin is "delicate" and "fan-like". '' Neocaristius heemstrai'' has since been moved from ''Paracasistius'' and placed in a new genus of its own. Species There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * '' Paracaristius aquilus'' D. E. Stevenson & Kenaley, 2011 * '' Paracaristius maderensis'' (Maul A maul may ...
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Platyberyx
''Platyberyx'' is a genus of manefishes native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Platyberyx mauli'' Kukuev, Parin & Trunov, 2012Kukuev, E.I., Parin, N.V. & Trunov, I.A. (2012): Materials for the Revision of the Family Caristiidae (Perciformes). 2. Manefishes from the East Atlantic (Redescription of ''Platyberyx opalescens'' Zugmayer and Description of Two New Species ''Platyberyx mauli'' sp. n. and ''Caristius andriashevi'' sp. n.). ''Journal of Ichthyology, 52 (3): 185-199.'' * ''Platyberyx opalescens ''Platyberyx'' is a genus of manefishes native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of it ...'' Zugmayer, 1911 * '' Platyberyx paucus'' D. E. Stevenson & Kenaley, 2013Stevenson, D.E. & Kenaley, C.P. (2013): Revision of the Manefish Genera ''Caristius ...
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Caristiidae
Caristiidae, the manefishes, are a family of perciform fishes which today includes 19 extant species distributed in four genera. '' Chalcidichthys malacapterygius'' and '' Absalomichthys velifer'' are extinct species from the Upper Miocene of Southern California. Biography They are deep-sea marine fishes 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. Timeline ImageSize = width:1000px height:auto barincrement:15px PlotArea = left:10px bottom:50px top:10px right:10px Period = from:-65.5 till:10 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:-65.5 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:-65.5 TimeAxis = orientation:hor AlignBars = justify Colors = #legends id:CAR value:claret id:ANK value:rgb(0.4,0.3,0.196) id:HER value:teal id:HAD value:green id:OMN value:blue id:black value:black id:white ...
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Neocaristius
''Neocaristius heemstrai'' is a species of fish in the family Caristiidae, the manefishes. It is native to the oceans of the southern hemisphere where it is known to occur at depths of from . This species grows to a length of SL. This fish was first described in 2006 and was moved to a monotypic genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ... of its own, ''Neocaristius'', in 2011.Stevenson, D. E. and C. P. Kenaley. (2011)Revision of the manefish genus ''Paracaristius'' (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae), with descriptions of a new genus and three new species.''Copeia'' 2011(3) 385-99. Etymology The fish is named in honor of Phillip C. Heemstra (1941-2019), of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology in Grahamstown, South Africa, for his contributions to the studie ...
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Chalcidichthys
''Chalcidichthys malacapterygius'' is an extinct prehistoric manefish that lived during the Upper Miocene of Southern California. It is assumed to have preyed on siphonophores, like its living relatives. See also * Prehistoric fish The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion. It was during this time that the early chordates developed the skull and the vertebral column, leading to the first craniates and vertebrates. The first fis ... * List of prehistoric bony fish References Miocene fish of North America Caristiidae Prehistoric perciform genera {{paleo-perciformes-stub ...
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Chalcidichthys Malacapterygius
''Chalcidichthys malacapterygius'' is an extinct prehistoric manefish that lived during the Upper Miocene of Southern California. It is assumed to have preyed on siphonophores, like its living relatives. See also * Prehistoric fish The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion. It was during this time that the early chordates developed the skull and the vertebral column, leading to the first craniates and vertebrates. The first fis ... * List of prehistoric bony fish References Miocene fish of North America Caristiidae Prehistoric perciform genera {{paleo-perciformes-stub ...
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Absalomichthys
''Absalomichthys velifer'' is an extinct, prehistoric manefish that lived during the Upper Miocene of what is now Southern California. Its dorsal fin was huge in comparison with living species. See also * Prehistoric fish The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion. It was during this time that the early chordates developed the skull and the vertebral column, leading to the first craniates and vertebrates. The first fis ... * List of prehistoric bony fish References Miocene fish Caristiidae Fossil taxa described in 1933 Miocene fish of North America {{Beryciformes-stub ...
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Perciform
Perciformes (), also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish. If considered a single order, they are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish. Perciformes means "perch-like". Perciformes is an Order within the Clade Percomorpha consisting of "perch-like" Percomorphans. This group comprises over 10,000 species found in almost all aquatic ecosystems. The order contains about 160 families, which is the most of any order within the vertebrates. It is also the most variably sized order of vertebrates, ranging from the ''Schindleria brevipinguis'' to the marlin in the genus ''Makaira''. They first appeared and diversified in the Late Cretaceous. Among the well-known members of this group are perch and darters (Percidae), sea bass and groupers (Serranidae). Characteristics The dorsal and anal fins are divided into anterior spiny and posterior soft-rayed portions, which may be partially or complete ...
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Oligocene
The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain. The name Oligocene was coined in 1854 by the German paleontologist Heinrich Ernst Beyrich from his studies of marine beds in Belgium and Germany. The name comes from the Ancient Greek (''olígos'', "few") and (''kainós'', "new"), and refers to the sparsity of extant forms of molluscs. The Oligocene is preceded by the Eocene Epoch and is followed by the Miocene Epoch. The Oligocene is the third and final epoch of the Paleogene Period. The Oligocene is often considered an important time of transition, a link between the archaic world of the tropical Eocene and the more modern ecosystems of the Miocene. Major changes during the Oligocene included a global expansi ...
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Quaternary
The Quaternary ( ) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). It follows the Neogene Period and spans from 2.58 million years ago to the present. The Quaternary Period is divided into two epochs: the Pleistocene (2.58 million years ago to 11.7 thousand years ago) and the Holocene (11.7 thousand years ago to today, although a third epoch, the Anthropocene, has been proposed but is not yet officially recognised by the ICS). The Quaternary Period is typically defined by the cyclic growth and decay of continental ice sheets related to the Milankovitch cycles and the associated climate and environmental changes that they caused. Research history In 1759 Giovanni Arduino proposed that the geological strata of northern Italy could be divided into four successive formations or "orders" ( it, quattro ordini). The term "quaternary" was introduced by Jules Desn ...
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