''Caristius'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

manefish 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 Sout ...

es native to the

Atlantic 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 an ...

and

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Ecology

A member of the genus ''Caristius'' associates with the

siphonophore Siphonophorae (from Greek ''siphōn'' 'tube' + ''pherein'' 'to bear') is an order within Hydrozoa, which is a class of marine organisms within the phylum Cnidaria. According to the World Register of Marine Species, the order contains 175 species ...

Bathyphysa conifera ''Bathyphysa conifera'', sometimes called the flying spaghetti monster, is a bathypelagic species of siphonophore in the family Rhizophysidae. Name ''Bathyphysa conifera'' was nicknamed the Flying Spaghetti Monster, for the satirical deity ...

'', using it for shelter, stealing meals, and perhaps nibbling on its host as well, yet protecting it from amphipod

parasites Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson ha ...

such as ''

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''. This symbiotic relationship appears mutualistic.

Species

The currently recognized

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in this genus are: * ''

Caristius andriashevi ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Kukuev, Parin & Trunov, 2013Kukuev, E.I., Parin, N.V. & Trunov, I.A. (2013): Materials for the Revision of the Family Caristiidae (Perciformes): 3. Manefishes (Genus ''Caristius'') from Moderate Warm Waters of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans with a Description of Three New Species from the Southeast Atlantic (''C. barsukovi'' sp.n., ''C. litvinovi'' sp.n., ''C. walvisensis'' sp. n.) . ''Journal of Ichthyology, 53 (8): 541-561.'' * ''

Caristius digitus ''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 ...

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& Kenaley, 2013Stevenson, D.E. & Kenaley, C.P. (2013): Revision of the Manefish Genera ''Caristius'' and ''Platyberyx'' (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species. ''Copeia, 2013 (3): 415-434.'' * ''

Caristius fasciatus ''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 ...

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, 1930) * ''

Caristius japonicus ''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 ...

'' T. N. Gill & H. M. Smith, 1905 * ''

Caristius litvinovi ''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 ...

'' Kukuev, Parin & Trunov, 2013 * ''

Caristius macropus ''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 ...

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, 1903) (Manefish) * ''

Caristius meridionalis ''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 ...

& Kenaley, 2013 * ''

Caristius walvisensis ''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 ...

'' Kukuev, Parin & Trunov, 2013

References

Caristiidae Marine fish genera Perciformes genera Taxa named by Theodore Gill Taxa named by Hugh McCormick Smith {{Perciformes-stub