Deep-Sea taxon details
Berycidae Lowe, 1839
- Genus Beryx Cuvier, 1829
- Genus Centroberyx Gill, 1862
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. A single spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 7-13. No notch in dorsal fin....
Distribution Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. A single spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 7-13. No notch in dorsal fin. Dorsal spines 4-7, progressively longer from first to last; soft rays 12-19. Anal fin spines 4; soft rays 12-17 in Centroberyx (=Hoplopteryx) or 25-29 in Beryx. Scales in lateral line 39-51 in Centroberyx or 66-82 in Beryx. Vertebrae 24. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Berycidae Lowe, 1839. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125456 on 2025-11-27
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Berycidae Lowe, 1839. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125456 on 2025-11-27
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Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. A single spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 7-13. No notch in dorsal fin. Dorsal spines 4-7, progressively longer from first to last; soft rays 12-19. Anal fin spines 4; soft rays 12-17 in Centroberyx (=Hoplopteryx) or 25-29 in Beryx. Scales in lateral line 39-51 in Centroberyx or 66-82 in Beryx. Vertebrae 24. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | berycidsAlfonsinos | [details] |
| Japanese | キンメダイ科 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | brudefiskfamilien | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | brudefiskfamilien | [details] |
| Swedish | beryxfiskar | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Berycidae)
To Genbank
To NHMUK collection (Berycidae Lowe, 1843; NHMUK:ecatalogue:5023065)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Berycidae)
To Genbank
To NHMUK collection (Berycidae Lowe, 1843; NHMUK:ecatalogue:5023065)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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