| Description | Berycidae is a small family of deep-sea fishes, related to the squirrelfishes. The family includes the alfonsinos and the nannygais.
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| Rank | family |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Beryciformes : Berycidae |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Beryciformes : Berycidae |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Berycidae |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Berycidae | family | belongs to Acanthopterygii | stated without evidence | Woodward, 1902 | | Berycidae | family | belongs to Berycoidea | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Berycidae | family | belongs to Beryciformes | stated without evidence | Nolf and Dockery, 1993 | | Berycidae | family | belongs to Berycoidei | stated without evidence | Schwarzhans, 2003 | | Berycidae | family | belongs to Beryciformes | stated without evidence | Schwarzhans, 2007 | | Berycidae | family | belongs to Berycoidei | stated without evidence | Schwarzhans and Bratischko, 2011 | | Berycidae | family | belongs to Beryciformes | stated with evidence | Betancur-R et al., 2013 | | Berycidae | family | belongs to Berycoidei | stated without evidence | Schwarzhans et al., 2017 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 21 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 6 (29%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Beryciformes) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Beryciformes) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Betancur-R., R. E. Broughton, and E. O. Wiley, K. Carpenter, J. A. López, C. Li, N. I. Holcroft, D. Arcila, M. Sanciangco, J. C. Cureton, F. Zhang, T. Buser, M. A. Campbell, J. A. Ballesteros, A. Roa-Varon, S. Willis, W. C. Borden, T. Rowley, P. C. Reneau, G. Lu, T. Grande, G. Arratia, G. 2013. The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes. PLOS Currents Tree of Life |
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| Common Name(s) | Alfonsinos, Berycids, Beryxfiskar, Brudefiskfamilien, キンメダイ, Béryx |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berycidae |
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| Betancur-R. R., Broughton R. E., et al (2013) The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes, PLOS Currents Tree of Life doi:10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Woodward A. S. (1902) The fishes of the English chalk, Palaeontographical Society 56, 1-56 |
| Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816 |
| Casier E. (1966) , Faune ichthyologique du London Clay, 1-510 |
| Nolf D., Dockery D. (1993) Fish otoliths from the Mathews Landing Marl Member (Porters Creek Formation), Paleocene of Alabama, Mississippi Geology 14 2, 24-39 |
| Schwarzhans W. (2003) Fish otoliths from the Paleocene of Denmark, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 2, 1-94 |
| Schwarzhans W. (2007) The otoliths from the middle Eocene of Osteroden near Bramsche, north-western Germany, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 244 3, 299-369 doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0244-0299 |
| Schwarzhans W., Bratischko A. (2011) The otoliths from the middle Paleocene of Luzanivka (Cherkasy district, Ukraine), Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 261 1, 83-110 |
| Schwarzhans W., Mörs T., et al (2017) Before the freeze: otoliths from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica, reveal dominance of gadiform fishes (Teleostei), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15 2, 147-179 doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1151958 |
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| Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Marine Species |
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| van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 - via World Register of Marine Species |
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| Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) |
| van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) |
| Moore, Jon A. / Carpenter, Kent E. (ed.), 2003: Berycidae: Alfonsinos. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication, no. 5: The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic, vol. 2: Bony fishes, part 1 (Acipenseridae to ...). 1189-1191. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Paxton, John R. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Berycidae: Alfonsinos. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 4: Bony fishes, part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). 2218-2224. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
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