Bembridae
Encyclopedia
The Deep-water flatheads are a family, the Bembridae, of bottom-dwelling fish
. They are thought to be more primitive than their close relatives, the true flatheads
. Despite the common name, their heads are only slightly flattened and have spiny ridges.
Family Bembridae
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...
. They are thought to be more primitive than their close relatives, the true flatheads
Platycephalidae
Platycephalidae is a family of marine fishes, most commonly referred to as flatheads. They are relatives of the popular lionfishes, belonging to the order Scorpaeniformes....
. Despite the common name, their heads are only slightly flattened and have spiny ridges.
Classification
The family contains about eight species, in three genera:Family Bembridae
- Genus Bembradium
- Bembradium furici
- Bembradium roseum
- Genus Bembras
- Bembras adenensis
- Bembras japonica
- Bembras longipinnis
- Bembras macrolepis
- Bembras megacephala
- Genus Brachybembras
- Brachybembras aschemeieri