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manefish

Caristius macropus

Classification

Caristiidae, the manefishes, are a family of scombriform ray-finned fishes which today includes 19 extant species distributed in four genera. Taxonomy The following genera are known: Caristius Gill & Smith, 1905 Neocaristius Stevenson & Kenaley, 2011 Paracaristius Trunov, Kukuev & Parin, 2006 Platyberyx Zugmayer, 1911 In addition, the extinct genera Chalcidichthys and Absalomichthys are known from the Late Miocene of Southern California. Biology They are deep-sea marine fishes found in the mesopelagic zone that eat siphonophores.

Distribution

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