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Encyclopedia > Stephanoberyciformes

Stephanoberyciforms
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stephanoberyciformes
Families

Melamphaidae (ridgeheads)
Gibberichthyidae (gibberfishes)
Stephanoberycidae (pricklefishes)
Hispidoberycidae

Stephanoberyciformes is an order of marine ray-finned fishes, consisting of about 40 species, mostly uncommon deep-sea types.


Common characteristics include a generally rounded body, a toothless palate, rather thin skull bones, and a missing orbitosphenoid bone (except for Hispidoberyx).


J.S. Nelson classifies the whalefishes (Cetomimiformes) as a superfamily Cetomimoidea of this order.


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Stephanoberyciformes - definition of Stephanoberyciformes in Encyclopedia (79 words)
Stephanoberyciformes is an order of marine ray-finned fishes, consisting of about 40 species, mostly uncommon deep-sea types.
Common characteristics include a generally roundish body, a toothless palate, rather thin skull bones, and a missing orbitosphenoid bone (except for Hispidoberyx).
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