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Family of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crestfishes, family Lophotidae, are lampriform fishes found in most oceans.[5] It consists of two extant[5][6] and four extinct genera.[1]
Crestfishes Temporal range: | |
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North Pacific crestfish Lophotus capellei | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lampriformes |
Family: | Lophotidae Bonaparte, 1845 |
Genera | |
Eumecichthys |
They are elongated, ribbon-like fishes, silver in color, found in deep tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Their scientific name is from Greek lophos meaning "crest" and refer to the crest (part of the dorsal fin) that emerges from the snout and head; this structure gives them their other name of unicorn fishes.
The extant genera all possess ink sacs that open into their cloacae from which they can produce a cloud of black ink when threatened (as in many cephalopods).[7]
Genus | Image |
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Eumecichthys |
Unicorn crestfish (E. fiski) |
Lophotus |
Crested bandfish (L. guntheri) |
†Babelichthys | |
†Eolophotes | |
†Protolophotus | |
†Oligolophotes |
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