Paracaristius

Paracaristius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Caristiidae
Genus: Paracaristius
Trunov, Kukuev & Parin, 2006
Type species
Caristius maderensis
Maul, 1949 [1]

Paracaristius is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Caristiidae, the manefishes. It is a small genus with mostly newly described species.[2]

Fish in this genus are separated from similar taxa by the arrangement of their teeth. They have compressed heads with very short snouts, small mouths, and two nostrils. The body is oval to rectangular. The lateral line is not visible. The dorsal fin extends along nearly the whole top edge of the body, and the pectoral fin is "delicate" and "fan-like".[2]

Neocaristius heemstrai has since been moved from Paracaristius and placed in a new genus of its own.[2]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[3]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Caristiidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Stevenson, D. E. and C. P. Kenaley. (2011). Revision of the manefish genus Paracaristius (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae), with descriptions of a new genus and three new species. Copeia 2011(3) 385-99.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paracaristius". FishBase. February 2013 version.


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