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Greeneyes are deep-sea aulopiform marine fish of the small family Chlorophthalmidae. Thought to have a circumglobal distribution in tropical and temperate waters, the family contains just 19 species in three genera. The family name Chlorophthalmidae derives from the Greek words chloros meaning "green" and ophthalmos meaning "eye". Download high resolution version (599x997, 67 KB)Greeneye (Chlorophthalmidae spp. ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ...
Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with...
Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ...
Families Suborder Enchodontoidei Dercetidae (extinct) Cimolichthyidae (extinct) Prionolepididae (extinct) Enchodontidae (extinct) Eurypholidae (extinct) Halecidae (extinct) Apateopholidae (extinct) Ichthyotringidae (extinct) Suborder Giganturoidei Giganturidae (telescopefishes) Suborder Aulopoidei Aulopodidae (aulopus) Suborder Chlorophthalmoidei Chlorophthalmidae (greeneyes) Ipnopidae Scopelarchidae (pearleyes) Notosudidae (waryfishes) Suborder Alepisauroidei Synodontidae (lizardfishes) Pseudotrichonotidae Paralepididae (barracudinas) Anotopteridae (daggertooth) Evermannelidae (sabertooth fishes) Omosudidae Alepisauridae...
Families Suborder Enchodontoidei Dercetidae (extinct) Cimolichthyidae (extinct) Prionolepididae (extinct) Enchodontidae (extinct) Eurypholidae (extinct) Halecidae (extinct) Apateopholidae (extinct) Ichthyotringidae (extinct) Suborder Giganturoidei Giganturidae (telescopefishes) Suborder Aulopoidei Aulopodidae (aulopus) Suborder Chlorophthalmoidei Chlorophthalmidae (greeneyes) Ipnopidae Scopelarchidae (pearleyes) Notosudidae (waryfishes) Suborder Alepisauroidei Synodontidae (lizardfishes) Pseudotrichonotidae Paralepididae (barracudinas) Anotopteridae (daggertooth) Evermannelidae (sabertooth fishes) Omosudidae Alepisauridae...
Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus: the most abundant species of fish in the world. ...
In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ...
In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ...
Some species are of interest to commercial and subsistence fisheries; the fish are made into fishmeal or sold fresh. A lobster boat unloading its catch in Ilfracombe harbour, North Devon, England A fishery (plural: fisheries) is an organized effort by humans to catch fish or other aquatic species, an activity known as fishing. ...
Physical description Aptly named after their disproportionately large, iridescent eyes, Greeneyes are slender fish with slightly compressed bodies; the largest species, the Shortnose Greeneye (Chlorophthalmus agassizi) reaching a length of 40 centimetres (15.7 inches). Their heads are small with large jaws; coloration ranges from a yellowish to blackish brown, some species with cryptic blotches. The iridescence of the Blue Morpho butterfly wings. ...
In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ...
The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ...
Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ...
Their fins are simple and spineless; aside from their eyes, some species also have iridescent patches covering the head and body.
Behaviour and reproduction Greeneyes are generally deepwater fish, found from 50 to about 1,000 metres. They seem to prefer the continental slopes and shelves, possibly forming schools. Greeneyes are known to primarily feed on benthic invertebrates, as well as pelagic crustaceans such as decapods and mysids. The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ...
The continental shelf is an area of relatively shallow sea water that is found on the edge of each continent. ...
The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent, which is covered during interglacial periods such as the current epoch by relatively shallow seas (known as shelf seas) and gulfs. ...
In oceanography, marine geology and biology, benthos are the organisms and habitats of the sea floor; in freshwater biology they are the organisms and habitats of the bottoms of lakes, rivers, and creeks. ...
Invertebrate is a term coined by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck to describe any animal without a spinal column. ...
Diagram of the layers of the pelagic zone. ...
Classes Class Branchiopoda Subclass Phyllopoda Subclass Sarsostraca Class Remipedia Order Enantiopoda Order Nectiopoda Class Cephalocarida Order Brachypoda Class Maxillopoda Subclass Mystacocarida Subclass Copepoda Subclass Branchiura Subclass Pentastomida Subclass Tantulocarida Subclass Thecostraca Infraclass Cirripedia Class Ostracoda Order Metacopina Subclass Myodocopa Subclass Podocopa Class Malacostraca Subclass Eumalacostraca Subclass Hoplocarida Subclass Phyllocarida The...
Suborders and Infraorders Dendrobranchiata Pleocyemata Caridea Stenopodidea Reptantia, comprising: Eryonoidea Achelata Astacidea Glypheidea Thalassinidea Anomala Brachyura The decapods or Decapoda are a group of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups of crustaceans, such as crabs, lobsters and shrimp, but also some families that are less well known. ...
Any of various small, shrimplike, chiefly marine crustaceans of the order Mysidacea, the females of which carry their eggs in a pouch beneath the thorax. ...
Like many members of the Aulopiformes, Greeneyes are hermaphroditic; this is thought to be a great advantage in deep-sea habitats, where the chances of running into a compatible mate are uncertain. Young and larval Greeneyes are pelagic rather than benthic, staying within the upper levels of the water column. Hake are known predators of Greeneyes. The 1st-century BC sculpture The Reclining Hermaphrodite, in the Museo Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme in Rome In zoology, a hermaphrodite is an organism of a species whose members possess both male and female sexual organs during their lives. ...
A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ...
The pelagic zone is the part of the open sea or ocean comprising the water column, i. ...
In marine geology and biology, benthos are the organisms and habitats of the sea floor; in freshwater biology they are the organisms and habitats of the bottoms of lakes, rivers, and creeks. ...
The term hake refers to various fish in the families Gadidae (subfamily Phycinae) and Merlucciidae (both subfamilies Merlucciinae and Steindachneriinae). ...
See also This is a list of fish common names. ...
This is a list of fish families sorted by scientific name. ...
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