Gonostomatidae
Sign in to saveThe Gonostomatidae are a family of mesopelagic marine fish, commonly named bristlemouths or anglemouths. Their common name, bristlemouth, comes from their odd, equally sized, and bristle-like teeth. It is a relatively small family, containing only eight known genera and 32 species. However, bristlemouths make up for their lack of diversity with relative abundance, numbering in the hundreds of trillions to quadrillions. The genus Cyclothone (with 14 species) is thought to be one of the most abundant vertebrate genera in the world.
Species
bristlemouths
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderStomiiformes
- FamilyGonostomatidae
Habitatmarine
屬 見內文 鑽光魚科（学名：Gonostomatidae）是輻鰭魚綱巨口魚目的其中一科。 目录 1 分類 1.1 波拿巴鑽光魚屬(Bonapartia) 1.2 圓罩魚屬(Cyclothone) 1.3 雙光魚屬(Diplophos) 1.4 鑽光魚屬(Gonostoma) 1.5 爵燈魚屬(Manducus) 1.6 緣光魚屬(Margrethia) 1.7 纖鑽光魚屬(Sigmops) 1.8 三鉆光魚屬(Triplophos) 分類 鑽光魚科下分5個屬，如下： 波拿巴鑽光魚屬(Bonapartia) 大口波拿巴鑽光魚(Bonapartia pedaliota) 圓罩魚屬(Cyclothone) 斜齒圓罩魚(Cyclothone acclinidens) 白圓罩魚(Cyclothone alba) 黑圓罩魚(Cyclothone atraria) 勃氏圓罩魚(Cyclothone braueri) 科氏圓罩魚(Cyclothone kobayashii) 利維圓罩魚(Cyclothone livida) 小齒圓罩魚(Cyclothone microdon) 暗圓罩魚(Cyclothone obscura) 蒼圓罩魚(Cyclothone pallida) 擬斜齒圓罩魚(Cyclothone pseudoacclinidens) 近蒼圓罩魚(Cyclothone pseudopallida) 侏圓罩魚(Cyclothone pygmaea) 封記圓罩魚(Cyclothone signata) 雙光魚屬(Diplophos) 澳洲雙光魚(Diplophos australis) 東方雙光魚(Diplophos orientalis) 太平洋雙光魚(Diplophos pacificus) 里氏雙光魚(Diplophos rebainsi) 帶紋雙光魚(Diplophos taenia) 鑽光魚屬(Gonostoma) 西鑽光魚(Gonostoma atlanticum) 裸鑽光魚(Gonostoma denudatum) 長鑽光魚(Gonostoma elongatum) 爵燈魚屬(Manducus) 格雷氏爵燈魚(Manducus greyae) 馬德拉爵燈魚(Manducus maderensis) 緣光魚屬(Margrethia) 鈍吻緣光魚(Margrethia obtusirostra) 瓦氏緣光魚(Margrethia valentinae) 纖鑽光魚屬(Sigmops) 艾氏鑽光魚(Sigmops ebelingi) 纖鑽光魚(Sigmops gracilis) (Sigmops longipinnis) 三鉆光魚屬(Triplophos) 三鉆光魚(Triplophos hemingi) 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org
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The Gonostomatidae are a family of mesopelagic marine fish, commonly named bristlemouths or anglemouths. Their common name, bristlemouth, comes from their odd, equally sized, and bristle-like teeth. It is a relatively small family, containing only eight known genera and 32 species. However, bristlemouths make up for their lack of diversity with relative abundance, numbering in the hundreds of trillions to quadrillions. The genus Cyclothone (with 14 species) is thought to be one of the most abundant vertebrate genera in the world.
The fossil record of this family dates back to the Eocene epoch. Living bristlemouths were discovered by William Beebe in the early 1930s and described by L. S. Berg in 1958. These fish are mostly found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, although the species Cyclothone microdon may be found in Arctic waters. They have elongated bodies from in length. They have a number of green or red light-producing photophores aligned along the undersides of their heads or bodies. They are typically black in color which provides camouflage from predators in deep, dark waters. They mainly feed on zooplankton and small crustaceans due to their small size.