Beardfish
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 Stout beardfish, Polymixia nobilis
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Polymixia Lowe, 1838 |
The beardfishes are a small family (Polymixiidae) of deep-sea marine ray-finned fish named for their pair of long hyoid barbels.
They are found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian and western Pacific Ocean.
[edit] Classification
Ten species of the single extant genus Polymixia are known,[1] along with several fossil genera.
At present they are classified in their own order Polymixiiformes,[2] but as Nelson says, "few groups have been shifted back and forth as frequently as this one".[3] Previous groupings include Beryciformes.
- Beardfish, Polymixia lowei Günther, 1859.
- Pacific beardfish, Polymixia berndti Gilbert, 1905.
- Polymixia salagomeziensis Kotlyar, 1991.
- Polymixia fusca Kotthaus, 1970.
- Polymixia yuri Kotlyar, 1982.
- Polymixia longispina Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1983.
- Stout beardfish, Polymixia nobilis Lowe, 1838.
- Polymixia busakhini Kotlyar, 1993.
- Polymixia sazonovi Kotlyar, 1992.
- Silver eye, Polymixia japonica Günther, 1877.
[edit] References
- ^ "Polymixiidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- ^ "Polymixiiformes". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- ^ Joseph S. Nelson. Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-54713-1.
