Beryciformes

Beryciformes Temporal range: 100.5–0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Cretaceous to Recent
Beryx decadactylus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Superorder:	Acanthopterygii
Order:	Beryciformes Regan, 1909
Type species
Beryx decadactylus[1] (G. Cuvier , 1829)
Families
Berycoidei Melamphaidae Berycidae Stephanoberycoidei Cetomimidae Rondeletiidae Barbourisiidae Stephanoberycidae Gibberichthyidae Hispidoberycidae
Synonyms
Stephanoberyciformes Berg 1937 Cetomimiformes

The Beryciformes

Beryciforms first appeared during the

A recent phylogeny based on the work Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2017.

Hispidoberycidae

(spiny-scale pricklefish) of suborder Stephanoberycoidei were not examined.

Polymixiiformes (beardfishes) Acanthopterygii Berycimorpha Beryciformes Berycoidei Melamphaidae (ridgeheads or bigscales) Berycidae (alfonsinos and nannygais) Stephanoberycoidei Cetomimidae (flabby whalefishes) Rondeletiidae (redmouth whalefishes) Barbourisiidae (velvet whalefish) Stephanoberycidae (pricklefishes) Trachichthyiformes Diretmidae (spinyfins) Trachichthyoidea Monocentridae (pinecone fishes) Anomalopidae (lanterneye or flashlight fishes) Trachichthyidae (slimeheads, roughies or redfish) Holocentrimorpha Holocentriformes Holocentridae (squirrelfishes and soldierfishes) Percomorpha (perches and allies)

Older classification

The order contains 7 families, 30 genera, and 161 species:[2]

• Order Beryciformes
  • Suborder
    Berycoidei
    • Berycidae (alfonsinos, nannygais)
  • Suborder
    Holocentroidei
    • Holocentridae (soldierfishes, squirrelfishes)
  • Suborder Trachichthyoidei
    • Anomalopidae (flashlight fishes, lanterneye fishes)
    • Diretmidae
      (spinyfins)
    • Monocentridae (pineconefishes, pineapple fishes)
    • Anoplogastridae
      )(slimeheads, redfishes, roughies, fangtooth fishes)
• Order Cetomimiformes
  • Family
    Rondeletiidae
    (redmouth whalefishes)
  • Family
    Barbourisiidae
    (red/velvet whalefishes)
  • Family Cetomimidae (flabby whalefishes)
• Order Stephanoberyciformes
  • Family
    Melamphaidae
    (bigscale fishes)
  • Family
    Gibberichthyidae
    (gibberfishes)
  • Family
    Hispidoberycidae
    (Spiny-scale pricklefishes)
  • Family Stephanoberycidae (pricklefishes)

Human interaction

Data Deficient; only a few are classified as Vulnerable

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Timeline of genera

The Beryciformes first appeared in the Late Cretaceous and still survive today in relative abundance.[9]

References

1. ^ "Beryx decadactylus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 January 2006.
2. ^ ^{a b} Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Beryciformes" in FishBase. November 2008 version.
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4. ^ ^{a b} Bray, Dianne J. "Order Beryciformes". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria.
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8. ^ Managing risk and uncertainty in deep-sea fisheries: lessons from Orange Roughy
9. ^ Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-17.

External links

• Media related to Beryciformes at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Beryciformes at Wikispecies
• "Beryciformes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• "Beryciformes" at the Encyclopedia of Life