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Berycidae
Berycidae is a small family of deep-sea fishes, related to the squirrelfishes. The family includes the alfonsinos and the nannygais. Berycids are found in both temperate and tropical waters around the world, between in depth, though mainly greater than . They are typically red in colour, and measure up to in length. Distinguishing features include spiny scales and large eyes and mouths. The earliest fossils are of '' Centroberyx'' from the Paleocene, though potential earlier records are known from the Campanian The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). In chronostratigraphy, it is the fifth of six stages in the Upper Cretaceous Series. Campa .... References Euteleostei families Taxa named by Richard Thomas Lowe {{Beryciformes-stub ...
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Alfonsino
The alfonsino (''Beryx decadactylus''), also known as the alfonsin, longfinned beryx, red bream, or imperador, is a species of deepwater berycid fish of the order Beryciformes. It can be found in temperate and subtropical ocean waters nearly worldwide, though it is uncommon. It is typically associated with deep-sea corals, and schools are known to form over seamounts. Adults are demersal and search for prey along the ocean floor, primarily fish, cephalopods, and crustaceans. Like other members of its family, it is remarkably long-lived, with individuals reaching ages of up to 69 years, and possibly longer. It can reach sizes of up to in length and in weight and is targeted by commercial fisheries. Its low reproductive rate and the time it takes for juveniles to mature make it vulnerable to expanding deep-sea fisheries, but it is listed as Least Concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to its extensive range. Taxonomy and phylogeny The first scie ...
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Berycidae
Berycidae is a small family of deep-sea fishes, related to the squirrelfishes. The family includes the alfonsinos and the nannygais. Berycids are found in both temperate and tropical waters around the world, between in depth, though mainly greater than . They are typically red in colour, and measure up to in length. Distinguishing features include spiny scales and large eyes and mouths. The earliest fossils are of '' Centroberyx'' from the Paleocene, though potential earlier records are known from the Campanian The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). In chronostratigraphy, it is the fifth of six stages in the Upper Cretaceous Series. Campa .... References Euteleostei families Taxa named by Richard Thomas Lowe {{Beryciformes-stub ...
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Argilloberyx
''Argilloberyx'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene. It contains one species, ''A. prestwichae'', known from the London Clay Formation on the Isle of Sheppey, United Kingdom. It is considered a member of the family Berycidae. See also * Prehistoric fish * List of prehistoric bony fish References † A dagger, obelisk, or obelus is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species or languages). It is one of the mo ... Monotypic prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Eocene fish of Europe Fossils of England Ypresian genera Fossil taxa described in 1966 {{beryciformes-stub ...
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Beryx
''Beryx'' is a genus of alfonsinos found in deep oceanic waters. Two of its member species, ''B. decadactylus'' and ''B. splendens'', are found across nearly the entire globe and are of some commercial importance. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * ''Beryx decadactylus The alfonsino (''Beryx decadactylus''), also known as the alfonsin, longfinned beryx, red bream, or imperador, is a species of deepwater berycid fish of the order Beryciformes. It can be found in temperate and subtropical ocean waters nearly wor ...'' G. Cuvier, 1829 (Alfonsino) * '' Beryx mollis'' T. Abe, 1959 * '' Beryx splendens'' R. T. Lowe, 1834 (Splendid alfonsino) References   Marine fish genera Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{Beryciformes-stub ...
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Richard Thomas Lowe
Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874) was an English botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist, and clergyman. In 1825 he graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, and in the same year he took holy orders. In 1832 he became a clergyman in the Madeira Islands, where he was also a part-time naturalist, extensively studying the local flora and fauna. He wrote a book on the Madeiran flora. He died in 1874 when the ship he was on was wrecked off the Isles of Scilly. Taxa Lowe named and described numerous molluscan taxa, including: * '' Caseolus'', a land snail genus and eight species within it * '' Lemniscia'', a land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ... genus and two species within it See also * :Taxa named by Richard Thomas Lowe References * Notes 1802 birt ...
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Centroberyx
''Centroberyx'', often referred to as nannygais, is a genus of ray-finned fishes found. It is found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean, with its greatest species richness off southern Australia. They are reddish in colour and somewhat resemble the related soldierfish. Depending on species, they may have a maximum length of . They are found at depths of . Members of this genus are also known from fossils from the Cretaceous.Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 219) Species There are currently seven recognized extant Extant or Least-concern species, least concern is the opposite of the word extinct. It may refer to: * Extant hereditary titles * Extant literature, surviving literature, such as ''Beowulf'', the oldest extant manuscript written in English * Exta ... species in this genus: * '' Centroberyx affinis'' ( Günther, 1859) (Redfish) * '' Centroberyx australis'' Shimizu & Hutchins, 1987 (Yelloweye nannygai) * '' Centroberyx druzhinini'' (Busakh ...
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Squirrelfish
Holocentrinae is a subfamily of Holocentridae containing 40 recognized species and one proposed species. Its members are typically known as squirrelfish and all are nocturnal. All three genera in the subfamily are found in the Atlantic and ''Holocentrus'' is restricted to this ocean. Most species in genera '' Neoniphon'' and '' Sargocentron'' are from the Indo-Pacific region and several of these occur in the Indian Ocean west of the southern tip of India. A fossil genus of the subfamily is '' Eoholocentrum'' from the Early Eocene of Italy. A rare example of the fish is featured in Ian Fleming's 1960 James Bond The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels ... short story " The Hildebrand Rarity". References External links * * * Holocentridae Fish subfamilies Taxa nam ...
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Paleocene
The Paleocene ( ), or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 mya (unit), million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek ''palaiós'' meaning "old" and the Eocene Epoch (which succeeds the Paleocene), translating to "the old part of the Eocene". The epoch is bracketed by two major events in Earth's history. The K–Pg extinction event, brought on by an asteroid impact (Chicxulub impact) and possibly volcanism (Deccan Traps), marked the beginning of the Paleocene and killed off 75% of species, most famously the non-avian dinosaurs. The end of the epoch was marked by the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), which was a major climatic event wherein about 2,500–4,500 gigatons of carbon were released into the atmosphere and ocean systems, causing a spike in global temperatures and ocean acidification. ...
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Campanian
The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). In chronostratigraphy, it is the fifth of six stages in the Upper Cretaceous Series. Campanian spans the time from 83.6 (± 0.2) to 72.1 (± 0.2) million years ago. It is preceded by the Santonian and it is followed by the Maastrichtian. The Campanian was an age when a worldwide sea level rise covered many coastal areas. The morphology of some of these areas has been preserved: it is an unconformity beneath a cover of marine sedimentary rocks. Etymology The Campanian was introduced in scientific literature by Henri Coquand in 1857. It is named after the French village of Champagne in the department of Charente-Maritime. The original type locality was a series of outcrops near the village of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne in the same region. Definition The base of the Campanian Stage is defined as a place in the stratigraphic ...
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Euteleostei Families
Euteleostei, whose members are known as euteleosts, is a clade of bony fishes within Teleostei that evolved some 240 million years ago, although the oldest known fossil remains are only from the Early Cretaceous. It is divided into Protacanthopterygii (including the salmon and dragonfish) and Neoteleostei (including the lanternfish, lizardfish, oarfish, and Acanthopterygii). Taxonomy The following taxa are known: * Clade Pan-Euteleostei ** Genus †'' Avitosmerus'' ** Genus †'' Barcarenichthys'' ** Genus †'' Beurlenichthys'' ** Genus †'' Casieroides'' ** Genus †'' Chardonius'' ** Genus †'' Erihalcis'' ** Genus †'' Gaudryella'' ** Genus †'' Gharbouria'' ** Genus †'' Helgolandichthys'' ** Genus †'' Parawenzichthys'' ** Genus †'' Santanasalmo'' ** Genus †'' Scombroclupeoides'' ** Genus †'' Tchernovichthys'' ** Genus †'' Wenzichthys'' ** Cohort Euteleostei *** Superorder Lepidogalaxii *** Superorder Protacanthopterygii *** Clade Stomiati *** Clade Neote ...
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