Gibberichthys
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Ordo: Stephanoberyciformes
Familia: Gibberichthyidae
Name
Gibberichthys Parr, 1933 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Gibberichthys Parr, 1933: 5 (type species: Gibberichthys pumilus Parr, 1933; by monotypy); de Sylva and Eschmeyer 1977[1]: 228; Kotlyar 1991[2]: 26; Kotlyar 1996[3]: 256; Okiyama et al. 2007[4]: 45.
- Kasidoron Robins & de Sylva, 1965: 190 (type species: Kasidoron edom Robins & de Sylva, 1965 [synonym of G. pumilus], by original designation and monotypy).
Diagnosis
Body moderately long, body depth 3–4 times in SL; head large, its length c. 2.5 in SL, fine spiny ridges on head associated with skull ridges; dorsal and anal fins with anterior spines firmly attached to supporting bones; soft-ray portions of dorsal and anal fins distinctly taller than spinous portions; thin tube-like lateral-line canal with c. 32–36 vertical bars, each bearing 6–8 papillae; scales deciduous, covered by skin; pectoral fin small, its base low in position; pelvic fin small, its origin behind pectoral-fin base; anus situated at mid-point of pelvic fins, well in front of anal-fin origin; caudal fin small, forked; total dorsal-fin elements 14–17, anal-fin elements 11–14; total gill rakers 18–23; pyloric caeca 9–13; total vertebrae 28–32. Coloration dark red to black.
Taxon Treatment
- Ho, H; Su, Y; Leung, N; Lin, T; 2023: New records of a rare gibberfish, Gibberichthys latifrons (Stephanoberyciformes, Gibberichthyidae), from the South China Sea, with comments on morphological characters ZooKeys, 1172: 47-59. doi
Other References
- ↑ de Sylva D, Eschmeyer W (1977) Systematics and biology of the deep-sea fish family Gibberichthyidae, a senior synonym of the family Kasidoroidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 4 41(6): 215–231.
- ↑ Kotlyar A (1991) Osteology of the fishes of the suborder Stephanoberycoidei. 1. Stephanoberycidae and Gibberichthyidae.Journal of Ichthyology31(1): 24–39.
- ↑ Kotlyar A (1996) Beryciform Fishes of the World Ocean.VNIRO publishing, Moscow, 368 pp. [In Russian]
- ↑ Okiyama M, Senou H, Kawano T (2007) Kasidoron larvae of Gibberichthys latifrons (Osteichthyes, Gibberichthyidae) from Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser.A)33(1): 45–50.
