''Caristius'' is a

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of manefishes native to the

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and

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Ecology

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

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

amphipod Amphipoda () is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods () range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 10,700 amphipod species cur ...

parasites Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The en ...

such as ''

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''. This

symbiotic Symbiosis (Ancient Greek : living with, companionship < : together; and ''bíōsis'': living) is any type of a close and long-term biolo ...

relationship appears mutualistic.

Species

The currently recognized

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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 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''

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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'' (

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, 1930) * '' Caristius japonicus'' T. N. Gill & H. M. Smith, 1905 * '' Caristius litvinovi'' Kukuev, Parin & Trunov, 2013 * '' Caristius macropus'' ( Bellotti, 1903) (Manefish) * '' Caristius meridionalis''

& Kenaley, 2013 * '' Caristius walvisensis'' Kukuev, Parin & Trunov, 2013

References

Caristiidae Marine fish genera Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Theodore Gill Taxa named by Hugh McCormick Smith {{Scombroidei-stub