-
collectively called lamprids (which is more
properly used for the Lampridae) or
lampriforms, and
unite such open-ocean and
partially deep-sea
Teleostei as the crestfishes...
-
Oarfish are
large and
extremely long
pelagic lampriform fish
belonging to the
small family Regalecidae.
Found in
areas spanning from
temperate ocean zones...
- known: ?†Bramoides Casier, 1966 ?†Goniocranion Casier, 1966 (possibly a
lampriform) †Paucaichthys
Baciu & Bannikov, 2003 The
fossil genus Digoria was also...
- warm-blooded (endothermic),
including the
billfishes and tunas. The opah, a
lampriform, uses whole-body endothermy,
generating heat with its
swimming muscles...
- The
ribbonfish are any
lampriform fishes in the
family Trachipteridae.
There are
about 10
recognized species in the family.
These pelagic fish are named...
- kingfish, and
redfin ocean pan are large, colorful, deep-bodied
pelagic lampriform fishes comprising the
small family Lampridae (also
spelled Lamprididae)...
-
Bathysoma is an
extinct genus of
marine lampriform ray-finned fish from the early-mid Paleocene. It
contains a
single species, B.
lutkeni from Sweden....
- Crestfishes,
family Lophotidae, are
lampriform fishes found in most oceans. It
consists of two
extant and four
extinct genera. They are elongated, ribbon-like...
- kingfish, and
Jerusalem haddock, is a large, colorful, deep-bodied
pelagic lampriform fish
belonging to the
family Lampridae,
which comprises the
genus Lampris...
- the
southern spotted opah, is a large, colorful, deep-bodied
pelagic lampriform fish
belonging to the
family Lampridae,
which comprises the
genus Lampris...
