Lophotidae
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Crestfishes, family Lophotidae, are lampriform fishes found in most oceans. It consists of two extant and four extinct genera.
Species
crestfishes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderLampriformes
- FamilyLophotidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded275
冠帶魚科又稱冠棘魚科，是輻鳍魚綱月魚目的其中一科。
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Lophotidae
- Collections
- MNHN, KU, QVMAG, USNM
- Recorded in
- Sao Tome(I.), United States, Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Crestfishes, family Lophotidae, are lampriform fishes found in most oceans. It consists of two extant and four extinct genera.
They are elongated, ribbon-like fishes, silver in color, found in deep tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Their scientific name is from Greek lophos meaning "crest" and refer to the crest (part of the dorsal fin) that emerges from the snout and head; this structure gives them their other name of unicorn fishes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lophotidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.