Stephanoberyciformes Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Stephanoberyciforms
: Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Stephanoberyciformes
Families
Melamphaidae (ridgeheads) Gibberichthyidae (gibberfishes) Stephanoberycidae (pricklefishes) Hispidoberycidae

Stephanoberyciformes is an order of marine ray-finned fishes, consisting of about 40 species, mostly uncommon deep-sea types.

Common characteristics include a generally roundish body, a toothless palate, rather thin skull bones, and a missing orbitosphenoid bone (except for Hispidoberyx).

Nelson classifies the whalefishes (Cetomimiformes) as a superfamily Cetomimoidea of this order.

Reference

• J.S. Nelson, Fishes of the World

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