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Gibberichthys

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Neopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Stephanoberyciformes

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Family
  
Gibberichthyidae A. E. Parr, 1933

Similar
  
Stephanoberyciformes, Stephanoberycidae, Redmouth whalefish, Stephanoberyx monae, Spinyfin

The Gibberichthyidae, also known as gibberfishes, are a small family of deep sea stephanoberyciform fish, containing a single genus, Gibberichthys (from the Latin gibba, "humpbacked" and the Greek ichthys, "fish"), and two species. Found in the tropical western Atlantic, western Indian, and western and southwestern Pacific Oceans at depths of about 400-1,000 m, gibberfishes are of no economic importance. The maximum recorded size for either species is 12 cm standard length.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

  • Gibberichthys latifrons (Thorp, 1969)
  • Gibberichthys pumilus A. E. Parr, 1933 (Gibberfish)
  • References

    Gibberichthys Wikipedia