Family Emmelichthyidae - Rovers
  Order
:
Emmelichthyidae
  Class
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Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 3 | Species : 18 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Marine. Chiefly tropical to warm temperate in the Indo-Pacific, southern Pacific, eastern Atlantic, and Caribbean Sea (between 40°N and S, Ref. 96673). Jaws highly protrusible; toothless or nearly so. Maxilla scaly, expanded distally; not covered by preorbital bone with the mouth closed. Well-developed supramaxilla. Large rostral cartilage. Dorsal fin continuous with a slight or deep notch reaching to base, or separated into spinous and soft-rayed portions with isolated short spines in between. Spines in dorsal fin 11-14; soft rays 9-12. Three spines in anal fin; soft rays 9-11. Forked caudal fin, the lobes folding in like scissors. Branchiostegal rays 7. Vertebrae 24 (10 + 14). Maximum length to 50 cm. Depth range of adults 100-400 m, usually demersal; Probably all feed on larger zooplankton (Ref. 96673).
  Etymology
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Greek, emmeleia, -as = harmony, elegance, polish + Greek, ichthys = fish ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
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nonguarders
  Typical activity level
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  Main Ref.
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | incertae | | | Emmelichthyidae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Emmelichthyidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Emmelichthys nitidus Richardson, 1845
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
Emmelichthys cyanescens (Guichenot, 1848)
acceptedseniornew
Boxaodon cyanescens Guichenot, 1848
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Erythrichthys cyanescens (Guichenot, 1848)
synonymseniornew
Emmelichthys ruber (Trunov, 1976)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Emmelichthys karnellai Heemstra & Randall, 1977
acceptedseniororiginal
Emmelichthys struhsakeri Heemstra & Randall, 1977
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Emmelichthys marisrubri Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2014
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Plagiogeneion rubiginosus (Hutton, 1875)
synonymseniornew
Plagiogeneion macrolepis McCulloch, 1914
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Erythrocles schlegelii (Richardson, 1846)
acceptedseniornew
Emmelichthys schlegelii Richardson, 1846
synonymseniororiginal
! Erythrocles schlegeli (Richardson, 1846)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Erythrocles scintillans (Jordan & Thompson, 1912)
acceptedseniornew
Erythrichthys scintillans Jordan & Thompson, 1912
synonymseniororiginal
Erythrocles monodi Poll & Cadenat, 1954
acceptedseniororiginal
Erythrocles acarina Kotthaus, 1974
acceptedseniororiginal
Erythrocles taeniatus Randall & Rivaton, 1992
acceptedseniororiginal
Erythrocles microceps Miyahara & Okamura, 1998
acceptedseniororiginal
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