Gibberichthys

Gibberichthys
G. pumilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Gibberichthyidae
A. E. Parr, 1933
Genus: Gibberichthys
A. E. Parr, 1933

The Gibberichthyidae, also known as gibberfishes, are a small family of deep sea beryciform ray-finned fish, containing a single genus, Gibberichthys (from the Latin gibba, "humpbacked" and the Greek ichthys, "fish"), and two species.[1][2] Found in the tropical western Atlantic, western Indian, and western and southwestern Pacific Oceans at depths of about 400-1,000 m, gibberfishes are of no economic importance. The maximum recorded size for either species is 12 centimetres (4.7 in) standard length.

  1. ^ "Gibberichthyidae - Gibberfishes". Discoverlife.org. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  2. ^ "Gibberfishes - Gibberichthyidae - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Eol.org. Retrieved 2016-02-20.