Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Rank Family | Scientific name Caristiidae Higher classification Percoidea Order Perciformes | |
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Similar Caristius, Bathyclupeidae, Deepwater cardinalfish, Spot‑fin beachsalmon, Perciformes | ||
Manefishes are perciform fishes in the family Caristiidae, which today includes 19 extant species distributed in four genera. They are deep-sea marine fishes that eat siphonophores. Chalcidichthys malacapterygius is an extinct species from the Upper Miocene of Southern California.
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