Gibberichthys
The Gibberichthyidae, also known as gibberfishes, are a small family (biology), family of deep-sea fish, deep sea beryciform ray-finned fish, containing a single genus, ''Gibberichthys'' (from the Latin language, Latin ''gibba'', "humpbacked" and the Greek language, Greek ''ichthys'', "fish"), and two species. Found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, western Indian Ocean, 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 standard length. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * ''Gibberichthys latifrons'' (Clifford H. Thorp, Thorp, 1969) * ''Gibberichthys pumilus'' Albert Eide Parr, A. E. Parr, 1933 (Gibberfish) (formerly known as ''Kasidoron edom'' Robins & De Sylva, 1965) See also *List of fish families References Other sources * {{Taxonbar, from=Q136773 Beryciformes
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