Gephyroberyx

Gephyroberyx is a genus of fish in the slimehead family.

Gephyroberyx
Big roughy (G. japonicus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Beryciformes
Family:
Trachichthyidae
Genus:
Gephyroberyx

Boulenger, 1902
Species

1-2, see text

Species

Once, three species were placed in this genus, but Gephyroberyx philippinus is now considered to be a synonym of G. darwinii.[1][2] Based on broadly overlapping morphological features, G. japonicus should also be regarded a synonym of G. darwinii,[2][3] but both are recognized as valid species by FishBase:[4]

References
  1. Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Gephyroberyx philippinus. FishBase. 2013.
  2. Kim, B.J., Go, Y.B., and Imamura, H. (2004). First record of the Trachichthyid Fish, Gephyroberyx darwinii (Teleostei: Beryciformes) from Korea. Korean J. Ichthyol. 16(1): 9-12.
  3. Iwamoto, T. (2015). "Gephyroberyx darwinii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: e.T16449531A16509807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16449531A16509807.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Gephyroberyx in FishBase. May 2016 version.


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