Synagropidae is a small family of

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

es, sometimes known as the splitfin ocean-basses, in the order

Acropomatiformes The Acropomatiformes or Pempheriformes are an order of fish from the group of perch relatives Percomorpha. The relationship of the families assigned to the Acropomatiformes is based on molecular biological studies and is not yet supported by mor ...

. Its members were formerly included in the lanternbelly family

Acropomatidae Acropomatidae is a family (biology), family of ray-finned fish in the order (biology), order Acropomatiformes, commonly known as lanternbellies. ''Acropoma'' species are notable for having bioluminescence, light-emitting organs along their unders ...

Genera

The following genera are included in the family: * ''

Caraibops The three-spine bass (''Caraibops trispinosus'') is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Synagropidae. It is a deep water species which is found in the western Atlantic from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico to Surinam. This fish was first ...

'' * '' Kaperangus'' * '' Parascombrops'' * ''

Synagrops ''Synagrops'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes native to the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific ocean The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of Earth. The ocean is conventionally divided into large bodies of water, wh ...

References

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