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Ariomma
Sign in to saveAriomma is a genus of deepwater, marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ariommatidae. Members of this genus are found in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Several members of this genus are of commercial importance as food fish. This genus is currently the only known extant genus in its family.
Species
オオメメダイ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyAriommatidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 184
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Ariommatidae
- Collections
- YPM, TCWC, IBUNAM, SIO, USNM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Panama, Bahamas, South Africa, Vietnam, Puerto Rico
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Ariomma is a genus of deepwater, marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ariommatidae. Members of this genus are found in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Several members of this genus are of commercial importance as food fish. This genus is currently the only known extant genus in its family.
==Species== Currently, the 7 recognized species in this genus are: Ariomma bondi Fowler, 1930 (silver-rag driftfish) Ariomma brevimanus (Klunzinger, 1884) Ariomma indica (F. Day, 1871) (Indian driftfish) Ariomma lurida D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904 (ariommid) Ariomma melana (Ginsburg, 1954) (Brown driftfish) Ariomma parini Piotrovsky, 1987 (Parin's ariomma) Ariomma regulus (Poey, 1868) (spotted driftfish) The only known fossil species is †Ariomma geslini Carnevale & Bannkov, 2006 from the latest Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria, although the earlier genus Isurichthys has sometimes been lumped into it.
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