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Ariomma

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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.

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Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Ariomma, and connects out to Actinopterygii, Algeria and Animalia.

It is catalogued under topics including Actinopterygii genera, Ariommatidae and Marine fish genera.

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Species

オオメメダイ属

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyAriommatidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded4,051

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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

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Ariommatidae
Image
Silver-rag driftfish ( Ariomma bondi ).jpg
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Commons category
Ariomma
taxon name
Ariomma
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Ariomma
taxon common name
Ariomma
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Encyclopedic overview

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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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