Family Polymixiidae - Beardfishes
  Order
:
Polymixiidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 1 | Species : 10 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
:
upper   Cretaceous    
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Western Pacific. Tropical and subtropical. Moderately elongate and compressed. A pair of barbels on hyoid. Continuous dorsal fin; 4-6 spines, 26-38 soft rays. Anal fin 4 short spines, 13-17 soft rays. Subabdominal pelvic fin; 1 spinelike ray, 6 soft rays. Caudal fin 16 branched rays. Scales in lateral line about 33-38. Banchiostegal 4 rays. Gillrakers 11-21. Supramaxillae 2. Epurals 3. Subocular shelf, ortbitosphenoid, and basisphenoid present. Vertebrae usually 29 or 30. Maximum length attains 38 cm . Usually found in depths between 180 and 640 m.
  Etymology
:
Greek, poly = a lot of + Greek, myxa = mud ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
  Main Ref.
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Polymixiipterygii | | | | | Polymixiiformes | | | Polymixiidae

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


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

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
acceptedseniororiginal
Nemobrama webbii Valenciennes, 1837
synonymjuniororiginal
! Nemobrama webii Valenciennes, 1837
synonymjuniororiginal
Dinemus venustus Poey, 1860
synonymjuniororiginal
Polymixia nobilis virginica Nichols & Firth, 1936
synonymjuniororiginal
Polymixia lowei Günther, 1859
acceptedseniororiginal
Polymixia japonica Günther, 1877
acceptedseniororiginal
! Polymixia japonicus Günther, 1877
synonymseniororiginal
Polymixia berndti Gilbert, 1905
acceptedseniororiginal
Polymixia nobilis (non Lowe, 1836)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Neobrama webbii (non Valenciennes, 1837)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Polymixia fusca Kotthaus, 1970
acceptedseniororiginal
Polymixia yuri Kotlyar, 1982
acceptedseniororiginal
Polymixia longispina Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1983
acceptedseniororiginal
Polymixia kawadae Okamura & Ema, 1985
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Polymixia busakhini Kotlyar, 1992
acceptedseniororiginal
Polymixia sazonovi Kotlyar, 1992
acceptedseniororiginal
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