Deep-Sea taxon details
Acropomatidae Gill, 1893
151434 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151434)
accepted
Family
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Two dorsal fins, the first with 7-10 spines; the second with or without soine and...
Description Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Two dorsal fins, the first with 7-10 spines; the second with or without soine and with 8-10 soft rays; anal fin with 2-3 spines and 7-9 soft rays. Seven branchiostegal rays; 25 vertebrae. Opercle with two rounded spines. Lateral line complete. Pelvic fin with one spine and five soft rays. Species of Acropoma with light organs and the anus near the pelvic fin base. Several species only provisionally placed in this family. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acropomatidae Gill, 1893. 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=151434 on 2026-08-30
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Acropomatidae Gill, 1893. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151434 on 2026-08-30
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taxonomy source
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 
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Two dorsal fins, the first with 7-10 spines; the second with or without soine and with 8-10 soft rays; anal fin with 2-3 spines and 7-9 soft rays. Seven branchiostegal rays; 25 vertebrae. Opercle with two rounded spines. Lateral line complete. Pelvic fin with one spine and five soft rays. Species of Acropoma with light organs and the anus near the pelvic fin base. Several species only provisionally placed in this family. [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropomatidae)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acropomatidae USNM 405882 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropomatidae)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acropomatidae USNM 405882 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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