Stephanoberyciformes
Sign in to saveThe Stephanoberycoidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes, consisting of about 68 species, the majority (61) of which belong to the ridgehead family (Melamphaidae). They were formerly placed as their own order, the Stephanoberyciformes. However, more recent taxonomic sources treat them as a suborder of the Beryciformes.
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It sits within the topics Beryciformes and Taxonbars on possible non-taxon pages.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Parent taxon
- Actinopterygii
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- Commons category
- Beryciformes
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- order
- taxon name
- Stephanoberyciformes
- topic's main category
- Category:Stephanoberyciformes
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The Stephanoberycoidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes, consisting of about 68 species, the majority (61) of which belong to the ridgehead family (Melamphaidae). They were formerly placed as their own order, the Stephanoberyciformes. However, more recent taxonomic sources treat them as a suborder of the Beryciformes.
The Stephanoberyciformes are mostly uncommon deep-sea species with little, if any, importance to commercial fishery. They share many morphological similarities with the Berycoidei, their sister order. They are usually found in Australian waters. The whalefishes, which were formerly treated as their own order, are now also placed in this group. Some families treat them as a superfamily within the group named Cetomimoidea; most taxa traditionally placed here would then be the Stephanoberycoidea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stephanoberyciformes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.