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Stephanoberycidae

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Stephanoberycidae

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Also known as pricklefish

Stephanoberycidae, the pricklefishes are a family of fishes in the order Beryciformes.

Species

pricklefishes

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderStephanoberyciformes
  5. FamilyStephanoberycidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded396

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
9
With media
1
Family
Stephanoberycidae
Collections
TCWC, VIMS, USNM, NHMUK
Recorded in
United States, Cuba

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Stephanoberyx monae.jpg
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Commons category
Stephanoberycidae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Stephanoberycidae
topic's main category
Category:Stephanoberycidae
taxon common name
stefanoberyksowate
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Encyclopedic overview

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Stephanoberycidae, the pricklefishes are a family of fishes in the order Beryciformes.

They are found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and to the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stephanoberycidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.