Emmelichthyidae

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Emmelichthyidae
Rubyfish (Plagiogeneion rubiginosum)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Suborder: Sciaenoidei
Family: Emmelichthyidae
Poey, 1867[1]
Genera

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Emmelichthyidae is a small

ray-finned fishes
known commonly as rovers, bonnetmouths or rubyfishes.

Taxonomy

Emmelichthyidae was first proposed as a taxonomic grouping in 1867 by the Cuban naturalist

Eupercaria.[3] The Catalog of Fishes retains this family within the Acanthuriformes but does not recognise the suborder Sciaenoidei.[4] The family was formerly regarded as being much larger, including a wide range of plankton-eating fish, but most of the genera previously included were discovered to be unrelated examples of parallel evolution, and were moved to other families.[5][6]

Genera

The family Emmelichthyidae contains the following three genera:[7][8]

Characteristics

Emmelichthyidae are streamlined fishes with much of their heads and bodies covered in small

caudal fin has a deep fork.[9] Typically these fish do not exceed 50 cm (20 in) in length.[2]

Distribution

Emmelichthyidae is distributed in tropical and warmer temperate waters in the Indo-Pacific, southern Pacific, eastern Atlantic, and Caribbean Sea.[10]

See also

References

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  4. ^ "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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  7. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2023). "Emmelichthyidae" in FishBase. February 2023 version.
  8. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Emmelichthyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  9. ^ Martin F. Gomon. "Bonnetmouths, EMMELICHTHYIDAE". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  10. ^ WoRMS (2014). Emmelichthyidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Editors. FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species.
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