Acropomatidae, also known as the lanternbellies or the temperate ocean-basses, is a family of perciform fish

Fish

Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...

 consisting of 33 marine species. Members of Acropoma are notable for having light-emitting organs alongside their undersides. They are found in all temperate and tropical oceans, usually at depths of several hundred meters.

Members of the family are generally small, with some ranging up to 40 cm, but most no more than 15 cm. They have two dorsal fin

Dorsal fin

A dorsal fin is a fin located on the backs of various unrelated marine and freshwater vertebrates, including most fishes, marine mammals , and the ichthyosaurs...

s, the first with 7-10 spines, and the second with possibly a spine in addition to 8-10 soft rays. The anal fin has 2-3 spines, and the pelvic fins one spine and five soft rays.

Species

There are 32 species in seven genera:

• Genus Acropoma
  • Acropoma argentistigma Okamoto & Ida, 2002.
  • Acropoma boholensis Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2002.
  • Acropoma hanedai Matsubara, 1953.
  • Glowbelly, Acropoma japonicum Günther, 1859.
  • Acropoma lecorneti Fourmanoir, 1988.
• Genus Apogonops
  • Three-spined cardinalfish, Apogonops anomalus Ogilby
    William Ogilby
    William Ogilby was an Irish barrister and naturalist.Ogilby was honorary secretary of the Zoological Society of London from 1839 to 1846....
    
    , 1896.
• Genus Doederleinia
  • Doederleinia berycoides (Hilgendorf, 1879).
  • Doederleinia gracilispinis (Fowler, 1943).
  • Doederleinia orientalis Steindachner
    Franz Steindachner
    Franz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
    
     & Döderlein, 1883.
• Genus Malakichthys
  • Malakichthys barbatus Yamanoue & Yoseda, 2001.
  • Malakichthys elegans Matsubara & Yamaguti, 1943.
  • Malakichthys griseus Döderlein, 1883.
  • Malakichthys levis Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2001.
  • Malakichthys mochizuki Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2001.
  • Malakichthys wakiyae Jordan
    David Starr Jordan
    David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
    
     & Hubbs, 1925.
• Genus Neoscombrops
  • Sombre splitfin, Neoscombrops annectens Gilchrist, 1922.
  • Neoscombrops atlanticus Mochizuki & Sano, 1984.
  • Silver splitfin, Neoscombrops cynodon (Regan, 1921).
  • Neoscombrops pacificus Mochizuki, 1979.
• Genus Synagrops
  • Aden splitfin, Synagrops adeni Kotthaus, 1970.
  • Synagrops analis (Katayama, 1957).
  • Synagrops argyreus (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897).
  • Blackmouth bass, Synagrops bellus (Goode & Bean, 1896).
    
  • Japanese splitfin, Synagrops japonicus (Günther, 1859).
  • Synagrops malayanus Weber, 1913.
  • Thinlip splitfin, Synagrops microlepis Norman, 1935.
  • Synagrops philippinensis (Günther, 1880).
  • Synagrops pseudomicrolepis Schultz, 1940.
  • Synagrops serratospinosus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912.
  • Keelcheek bass, Synagrops spinosus Schultz, 1940.
  • Threespine bass, Synagrops trispinosus Mochizuki & Sano, 1984.
• Genus Verilus
  • Verilus sordidus Poey
    Felipe Poey
    -Biography:Poey was born in Havana, the son of French and Spanish parents. He spent several years of his life in Pau then studied law in Madrid. He became a lawyer in Spain but was forced to leave due to his liberal ideas, returning to Cuba in 1823. He began to concentrate on the study of the...
    
    , 1860.