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Acropomatidae (lanterbellies and lanternbellies) with Relationships

Wikipedia Abstract

Acropomatidae is a family of fish in the order Perciformes, commonly known as lanternbellies. Acropoma species are notable for having light-emitting organs along their undersides. They are found in all temperate and tropical oceans, usually at depths of several hundred meters.
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Genus

Acropoma (Bass) (1)
Apogonops (Bass) (1)
Caraibops (1)
Kaperangus (1)
Malakichthys (Bass) (1)
Neoscombrops (Bass) (1)
Parascombrops (1)
Synagrops (Bass) (2)

(...) = Species count

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0