Caristius

Caristius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scombriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Pelagiaria Ordo: Scombriformes

Familia: Caristiidae
Subfamilia: Caristiinae
Genus: Caristius
Species: C. andriashevi – C. barsukovi – C. digitus – C. fasciatus – C. japonicus – C. litvinovi – C. macropus – C. meridionalis – C. walvisensis

Name

Caristius Gill & Smith, 1905

Type species: Caristius japonicus Gill & Smith, 1905

Synonyms

• Elephenor Jordan, 1919

Vernacular names

English: Manefishes

References

• Gill, T. N. & Smith, H. M.; 1905: A new family of jugular acanthopterygians. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 18: 249–250. BHL
• Jordan, D. S.; 1919: On Elephenor, a new genus of fishes from Japan. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 12 (3-4) (4): 329–343, Pls. 54-58. BHL
• Stevenson, D.E. & Kenaley, C.P. 2013. Revision of the Manefish Genera Caristius and Platyberyx (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species. Copeia 2013(3): 415–434. Reference page. 

Links

• Caristius – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Caristius species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.