Whale head-like
The division of living beings into systematics is a continuous subject of research. Different systematic classifications exist side by side and one after the other. The taxon treated here has become obsolete due to new research or is not part of the group systematics presented in the German-language Wikipedia.
The whale-head-like (Cetomimoidea or Cetomimiformes) are a superfamily or order of marine deep-sea fish. They live in the deep sea of all tropical and temperate seas. They have been detected at depths of over 3,500 meters. The taxon is controversial and paraphyletic . In the latest revision of the bony fish system, it is no longer used and the families assigned to the whale-head-like are placed in the order of the mucous-head-like (Beryciformes), which only then becomes monophyletic .
features
The animals are characterized by tiny eyes, a well-developed side line and a large mouth. You have completely lost the hard rays of the dorsal fin and also no swim bladder. Some species have luminous organs . The largest species reach a length of 40 centimeters, but most are only half as long.
Like many deep-sea frogfish , the whale -headed fish have a pronounced sexual dimorphism . While the males reach a maximum of 3.5 centimeters, females can reach ten times the size.
Familys
- Gibberichthyidae
- Red-mouthed whale fish (Rondeletiidae)
- Barbourisiidae
- Whale heads (Cetomimidae) including Mirapinnidae and Megalomycteridae .
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World , John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ricardo Betancur-R., Richard E. Broughton, Edward O. Wiley, Kent Carpenter, J. Andrés López, Chenhong Li, Nancy I. Holcroft, Dahiana Arcila, Millicent Sanciangco, James C Cureton II, Feifei Zhang, Thaddaeus Buser, Matthew A. Campbell, Jesus A Ballesteros, Adela Roa-Varon, Stuart Willis, W. Calvin Borden, Thaine Rowley, Paulette C. Reneau, Daniel J. Hough, Guoqing Lu, Terry Grande, Gloria Arratia, Guillermo Ortí: The Tree of Life and a New Classification of Bony Fishes. PLOS Currents Tree of Life. 2013 Apr 18 [last modified: 2013 Apr 23]. Edition 1. doi: 10.1371 / currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288 , PDF ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Whalehead-like on Fishbase.org (English)