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Order: Beryciformes


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112 species (see list below)

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Photo by Moore, J.

Northeast Atlantic.
Max. Length 16.8 cm SL
Photo by Moore, J.
 
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
[]

Photo by SFSA

Atlantic, Indian and Paci
Max. Length 15.2 cm TL
Photo by SFSA
 
Acanthochaenus luetkenii
[Pricklefish]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
 
Ataxolepis apus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 4.0 cm SL
 
Ataxolepis henactis
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Throughout the world ocea
Max. Length 39 cm TL
Photo by Shao, K.T.
 
Barbourisia rufa
[Velvet whalefish]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Worldwide in temperate an
Max. Length 100 cm TL
Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP
 
Beryx decadactylus
[Alfonsino]

Photo by Borsa, P.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm SL
Photo by Borsa, P.
 
Beryx mollis
[]

Photo by Fernández-Ovies, C.L.

Circumglobal, excluding t
Max. Length 70 cm TL
Photo by Fernández-Ovies, C.L.
 
Beryx splendens
[Splendid alfonsino]

Photo by CSIRO

Western Pacific
Max. Length 51 cm SL
Photo by CSIRO
 
Centroberyx affinis
[Redfish]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 51 cm TL
 
Centroberyx australis
[Yelloweye nannygai]

Photo by National Museum of Marine Science and Technology, Taiwan

Western Indian Ocean. We
Max. Length 23 cm TL
Photo by National Museum of Marine Science and Technology, Taiwan
 
Centroberyx druzhinini
[]

Photo by CSIRO

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 66 cm TL
Photo by CSIRO
 
Centroberyx gerrardi
[Bight redfish]

Photo by Danna, P.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 46 cm TL
Photo by Danna, P.
 
Centroberyx lineatus
[Swallow-tail]

Photo by Nair, R. et al.

Northwest Pacific
Photo by Nair, R. et al.
 
Centroberyx rubricaudus
[]

Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Photo by SFSA
 
Centroberyx spinosus
[Short alfonsino]

Photo by SFSA

Atlantic, Indian and Paci
Max. Length 11.8 cm TL
Photo by SFSA
 
Cetichthys indagator
[]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 19.6 cm SL
 
Cetichthys parini
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 3.7 cm SL
 
Cetomimoides parri
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Cetomimus compunctus
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
 
Cetomimus craneae
[]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 11.2 cm SL
 
Cetomimus gillii
[]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 7.8 cm SL
 
Cetomimus hempeli
[Whalefish]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
 
Cetomimus kerdops
[]

Photo by SFSA

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 5.6 cm SL
Photo by SFSA
 
Cetomimus picklei
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 10.5 cm SL
 
Cetomimus teevani
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 24.7 cm SL
Photo by Shao, K.T.
 
Cetostoma regani
[Pink flabby whalefish]
No picture found
Atlantic, Indian, and Pac
Max. Length 5.4 cm SL
 
Danacetichthys galathenus
[]
No picture found
Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 12.8 cm SL
 
Ditropichthys storeri
[]

Photo by SFSA

Circumglobal
Max. Length 5.3 cm TL
Photo by SFSA
 
Eutaeniophorus festivus
[Festive ribbonfish]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 13 cm TL
 
Gibberichthys latifrons
[]

Photo by JAMARC

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 9.2 cm SL
Photo by JAMARC
 
Gibberichthys pumilus
[Gibberfish]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 23.2 cm SL
 
Gyrinomimus andriashevi
[]
No picture found
Circumglobal.
Max. Length 22 cm NG
 
Gyrinomimus bruuni
[]
No picture found
Probably circumglobal in
Max. Length 31 cm SL
 
Gyrinomimus grahami
[Flabby whalefish]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 6.6 cm SL
 
Gyrinomimus myersi
[]
No picture found
Circumglobal.
 
Gyrinomimus parri
[Parr's combtooth whalefish]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean and
Max. Length 18.1 cm SL
 
Hispidoberyx ambagiosus
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 8.9 cm TL
 
Malacosarcus macrostoma
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
 
Megalomycter teevani
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
 
Melamphaes acanthomus
[Slender bigscale]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 3.1 cm SL
 
Melamphaes contradictorius
[]

Photo by SFSA

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 2.3 cm SL
Photo by SFSA
 
Melamphaes danae
[Bigscale]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic.
Max. Length 13.7 cm SL
 
Melamphaes ebelingi
[]

Photo by SFSA

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 46.8 cm SL
Photo by SFSA
 
Melamphaes eulepis
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific.
 
Melamphaes eurous
[]
No picture found
South Atlantic
Max. Length 2.5 cm SL
 
Melamphaes hubbsi
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
 
Melamphaes indicus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 8.6 cm SL
 
Melamphaes janae
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
 
Melamphaes laeviceps
[]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 11.3 cm SL
 
Melamphaes leprus
[]

Photo by SFSA

Atlantic and Pacific
Max. Length 10.6 cm SL
Photo by SFSA
 
Melamphaes longivelis
[Eyebrow bigscale]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 8.5 cm SL
 
Melamphaes lugubris
[Highsnout melamphid]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 12.8 cm SL
 
Melamphaes macrocephalus
[]

Photo by Orlov, A.

Antitropical. South Atla
Max. Length 9.6 cm SL
Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Melamphaes microps
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 7.2 cm SL
 
Melamphaes pachystomus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 3.5 cm SL
 
Melamphaes papavereus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 11.3 cm SL
 
Melamphaes parini
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
 
Melamphaes parvus
[Little bigscale]

Photo by JAMARC

Circumtropical in North A
Max. Length 7.9 cm SL
Photo by JAMARC
 
Melamphaes polylepis
[]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 9.3 cm SL
 
Melamphaes proximus
[]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 2.3 cm SL
 
Melamphaes pumilus
[]

Photo by SFSA

Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
Max. Length 2.9 cm SL
Photo by SFSA
 
Melamphaes simus
[Ridgehead]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
 
Melamphaes spinifer
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

North Atlantic
Max. Length 10.6 cm SL
Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Melamphaes suborbitalis
[Shoulderspine bigscale]
No picture found
North Atlantic
Max. Length 7.8 cm SL
 
Melamphaes typhlops
[]
No picture found
Northwestern Pacific Ocea
Max. Length 8.7 cm SL
 
Melamphaes xestoachidus
[]

Photo by American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 5.5 cm TL
Photo by American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
 
Mirapinna esau
[Hairyfish]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 10.9 cm SL
 
Notocetichthys trunovi
[Trunov southern cetomimid]
No picture found
Central Atlantic. Needs

 
Parataeniophorus bertelseni
[]

Photo by American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 4.6 cm TL
Photo by American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
 
Parataeniophorus brevis
[Short tapetail]

Photo by SFSA

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
Photo by SFSA
 
Parataeniophorus gulosus
[]
No picture found
Circum-Antarctic, between
Max. Length 11.6 cm SL
 
Poromitra atlantica
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

North Atlantic, Northwest
Max. Length 10 cm SL
Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Poromitra capito
[]
No picture found
Southeastern Atlantic Oce
Max. Length 10.7 cm SL
 
Poromitra coronata
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm SL
 
Poromitra crassa
[]

Photo by SFSA

Distribution needs to be
Max. Length 14.8 cm SL
Photo by SFSA
 
Poromitra crassiceps
[Crested bigscale]
No picture found
North Pacific Ocean.
Max. Length 12.1 cm SL
 
Poromitra cristiceps
[]
No picture found
Northern Pacific
Max. Length 11.2 cm SL
 
Poromitra curilensis
[]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean. Eas
Max. Length 11.5 cm SL
 
Poromitra decipiens
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific Ocean, fr
Max. Length 13.4 cm SL
 
Poromitra frontosa
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific.
 
Poromitra gibbsi
[]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 10.9 cm SL
 
Poromitra glochidiata
[]
No picture found
Indian Ocean.
Max. Length 13.1 cm SL
 
Poromitra indooceanica
[]
No picture found
Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 5.0 cm SL
 
Poromitra jucunda
[]
No picture found
Southwest Atlantic.
Max. Length 4.9 cm SL
 
Poromitra kukuevi
[]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
 
Poromitra macrophthalma
[]

Photo by Garazo Fabregat, A./ Román Marcote, E.

Atlantic Ocean.
Max. Length 6.4 cm SL
Photo by Garazo Fabregat, A./ Román Marcote, E.
 
Poromitra megalops
[]
No picture found
Northern Atlantic Ocean,
Max. Length 13.5 cm SL
 
Poromitra nigriceps
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 9.9 cm SL
 
Poromitra nigrofulva
[]

Photo by SFSA

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 8.2 cm SL
Photo by SFSA
 
Poromitra oscitans
[Yawning]
No picture found
Northeastern Pacific
Max. Length 9.4 cm SL
 
Poromitra rugosa
[]
No picture found
Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 11.4 cm SL
 
Poromitra unicornis
[]
No picture found
Atlantic
 
Procetichthys kreffti
[]
No picture found
Pacific Ocean
 
Rhamphocetichthys savagei
[Savage's birdsnouted whalefish]

Photo by JAMARC

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 11.2 cm SL
Photo by JAMARC
 
Rondeletia bicolor
[]

Photo by Garazo Fabregat, A.

Worldwide in tropical to
Max. Length 11 cm SL
Photo by Garazo Fabregat, A.
 
Rondeletia loricata
[Redmouth whalefish]
No picture found
Western Atlantic, equator
 
Scopeloberyx bannikovi
[]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
 
Scopeloberyx malayanus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific Ocean. Tr
 
Scopeloberyx maxillaris
[]
No picture found
Indian Ocean. South Paci
Max. Length 4.1 cm TL
 
Scopeloberyx microlepis
[Southern bigscale]

Photo by SFSA

Atlantic, Indian and Paci
Max. Length 3.7 cm SL
Photo by SFSA
 
Scopeloberyx opisthopterus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific, tropical
 
Scopeloberyx pequenoi
[]

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.

Circumglobal
Max. Length 7.3 cm SL
Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.
 
Scopeloberyx robustus
[Longjaw bigscale]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific.
 
Scopeloberyx rossicus
[]
No picture found
North Atlantic
 
Scopeloberyx rubriventer
[]

Photo by SFSA

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 12.2 cm SL
Photo by SFSA
 
Scopelogadus beanii
[Bean's bigscale]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm TL
 
Scopelogadus bispinosus
[Twospine bigscale]

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.

Indian and Atlantic
Max. Length 9.4 cm SL
Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.
 
Scopelogadus mizolepis
[Ragged bigscale]
No picture found
Western Pacific
 
Scopelogadus unispinis
[]

Photo by SFSA

Atlantic, Indian and Paci
Max. Length 12.3 cm SL
Photo by SFSA
 
Sio nordenskjoldii
[Nordenskjold's bigscale]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 8.1 cm
 
Stephanoberyx monae
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Vitiaziella cubiceps
[]
112 Species of Family Cetomimidae
(Flabby whalefishes)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Abyssoberyx levisquamosus Northeast Atlantic. 16.8 SL
Acanthochaenus luetkenii Pricklefish Atlantic, Indian and Paci 15.2 TL
Ataxolepis apus Western Central Pacific 4.5 SL
Ataxolepis henactis Eastern Pacific 4.0 SL
Barbourisia rufa Velvet whalefish Throughout the world ocea 39 TL
Beryx decadactylus Alfonsino Worldwide in temperate an 100 TL
Beryx mollis Northwest Pacific 30 SL
Beryx splendens Splendid alfonsino Circumglobal, excluding t 70 TL
Centroberyx affinis Redfish Western Pacific 51 SL
Centroberyx australis Yelloweye nannygai Eastern Indian Ocean 51 TL
Centroberyx druzhinini Western Indian Ocean. We 23 TL
Centroberyx gerrardi Bight redfish Eastern Indian Ocean 66 TL
Centroberyx lineatus Swallow-tail Western Indian Ocean 46 TL
Centroberyx rubricaudus Northwest Pacific
Centroberyx spinosus Short alfonsino Western Indian Ocean 20 TL
Cetichthys indagator Atlantic, Indian and Paci 11.8 TL
Cetichthys parini Indo-Pacific 19.6 SL
Cetomimoides parri Western Central Pacific 3.7 SL
Cetomimus compunctus Northwest Pacific
Cetomimus craneae Western Central Atlantic
Cetomimus gillii Eastern Atlantic 11.2 SL
Cetomimus hempeli Whalefish Eastern Atlantic 7.8 SL
Cetomimus kerdops Western Central Atlantic
Cetomimus picklei Southeast Atlantic 5.6 SL
Cetomimus teevani Western Central Atlantic 10.5 SL
Cetostoma regani Pink flabby whalefish Atlantic Ocean 24.7 SL
Danacetichthys galathenus Atlantic, Indian, and Pac 5.4 SL
Ditropichthys storeri Atlantic Ocean 12.8 SL
Eutaeniophorus festivus Festive ribbonfish Circumglobal 5.3 TL
Gibberichthys latifrons Indo-West Pacific 13 TL
Gibberichthys pumilus Gibberfish Western Atlantic 9.2 SL
Gyrinomimus andriashevi Southern Ocean 23.2 SL
Gyrinomimus bruuni Circumglobal. 22 NG
Gyrinomimus grahami Flabby whalefish Probably circumglobal in 31 SL
Gyrinomimus myersi Western Central Atlantic 6.6 SL
Gyrinomimus parri Parr's combtooth whalefish Circumglobal.
Hispidoberyx ambagiosus Eastern Indian Ocean and 18.1 SL
Malacosarcus macrostoma Western Central Pacific 8.9 TL
Megalomycter teevani Western Central Atlantic
Melamphaes acanthomus Slender bigscale Eastern Pacific
Melamphaes contradictorius Western Pacific 3.1 SL
Melamphaes danae Bigscale Indo-Pacific 2.3 SL
Melamphaes ebelingi Western Central Atlantic. 13.7 SL
Melamphaes eulepis Eastern Atlantic 46.8 SL
Melamphaes eurous Eastern Central Pacific.
Melamphaes hubbsi South Atlantic 2.5 SL
Melamphaes indicus Southeast Pacific
Melamphaes janae Eastern Pacific 8.6 SL
Melamphaes laeviceps Southeast Pacific
Melamphaes leprus Eastern Atlantic 11.3 SL
Melamphaes longivelis Eyebrow bigscale Atlantic and Pacific 10.6 SL
Melamphaes lugubris Highsnout melamphid North Pacific 8.5 SL
Melamphaes macrocephalus Eastern Pacific Ocean 12.8 SL
Melamphaes microps Antitropical. South Atla 9.6 SL
Melamphaes pachystomus Southeast Pacific 7.2 SL
Melamphaes papavereus Eastern Indian Ocean 3.5 SL
Melamphaes parini Northwest Pacific 11.3 SL
Melamphaes parvus Little bigscale Eastern Pacific
Melamphaes polylepis Circumtropical in North A 7.9 SL
Melamphaes proximus Indo-West Pacific 9.3 SL
Melamphaes pumilus Western Atlantic 2.3 SL
Melamphaes simus Ridgehead Indo-Pacific and Atlantic 2.9 SL
Melamphaes spinifer Southeast Pacific
Melamphaes suborbitalis Shoulderspine bigscale North Atlantic 10.6 SL
Melamphaes typhlops North Atlantic 7.8 SL
Melamphaes xestoachidus Northwestern Pacific Ocea 8.7 SL
Mirapinna esau Hairyfish Eastern Atlantic 5.5 TL
Notocetichthys trunovi Trunov southern cetomimid Southern Ocean 10.9 SL
Parataeniophorus bertelseni Central Atlantic. Needs
Parataeniophorus brevis Short tapetail Western Indian Ocean 4.6 TL
Parataeniophorus gulosus Eastern Atlantic 3.5 TL
Poromitra atlantica Circum-Antarctic, between 11.6 SL
Poromitra capito North Atlantic, Northwest 10 SL
Poromitra coronata Southeastern Atlantic Oce 10.7 SL
Poromitra crassa Western Pacific 11 SL
Poromitra crassiceps Crested bigscale Distribution needs to be 14.8 SL
Poromitra cristiceps North Pacific Ocean. 12.1 SL
Poromitra curilensis Northern Pacific 11.2 SL
Poromitra decipiens Eastern Indian Ocean. Eas 11.5 SL
Poromitra frontosa Eastern Pacific Ocean, fr 13.4 SL
Poromitra gibbsi Southeast Pacific.
Poromitra glochidiata Eastern Indian Ocean 10.9 SL
Poromitra indooceanica Indian Ocean. 13.1 SL
Poromitra jucunda Pacific Ocean 5.0 SL
Poromitra kukuevi Southwest Atlantic. 4.9 SL
Poromitra macrophthalma Indo-Pacific 4.5 SL
Poromitra megalops Atlantic Ocean. 6.4 SL
Poromitra nigriceps Northern Atlantic Ocean, 13.5 SL
Poromitra nigrofulva Eastern Pacific Ocean 9.9 SL
Poromitra oscitans Yawning Indo-Pacific 8.2 SL
Poromitra rugosa Northeastern Pacific 9.4 SL
Poromitra unicornis Pacific Ocean 11.4 SL
Procetichthys kreffti Atlantic
Rhamphocetichthys savagei Savage's birdsnouted whalefish Pacific Ocean
Rondeletia bicolor Western Atlantic 11.2 SL
Rondeletia loricata Redmouth whalefish Worldwide in tropical to 11 SL
Scopeloberyx bannikovi Western Atlantic, equator
Scopeloberyx malayanus Indo-West Pacific
Scopeloberyx maxillaris Eastern Pacific Ocean. Tr
Scopeloberyx microlepis Southern bigscale Indian Ocean. South Paci 4.1 TL
Scopeloberyx opisthopterus Atlantic, Indian and Paci 3.7 SL
Scopeloberyx pequenoi Eastern Pacific, tropical
Scopeloberyx robustus Longjaw bigscale Circumglobal 7.3 SL
Scopeloberyx rossicus Northwest Pacific.
Scopeloberyx rubriventer North Atlantic
Scopelogadus beanii Bean's bigscale Southwest Pacific 12.2 SL
Scopelogadus bispinosus Twospine bigscale Eastern Pacific 11 TL
Scopelogadus mizolepis Ragged bigscale Indian and Atlantic 9.4 SL
Scopelogadus unispinis Western Pacific
Sio nordenskjoldii Nordenskjold's bigscale Atlantic, Indian and Paci 12.3 SL
Stephanoberyx monae Western Atlantic 8.1
Vitiaziella cubiceps Northwest Pacific



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