Emmelichthyidae
Encyclopedia
Rovers are a family
of small to medium sized marine
fish. The family was once much larger, including a wide range of plankton
-eating fish, but most of the genera were discovered to be unrelated examples of parallel evolution
, and were moved to other families.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of small to medium sized marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
fish. The family was once much larger, including a wide range of plankton
Plankton
Plankton are any drifting organisms that inhabit the pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. That is, plankton are defined by their ecological niche rather than phylogenetic or taxonomic classification...
-eating fish, but most of the genera were discovered to be unrelated examples of parallel evolution
Parallel evolution
Parallel evolution is the development of a similar trait in related, but distinct, species descending from the same ancestor, but from different clades.-Parallel vs...
, and were moved to other families.
Species
Family Emmelichthyidae- Genus Emmelichthys
- Emmelichthys elongatus Kotlyar, 1982
- Emmelichthys karnellai Heemstra & Randall, 1977
- Emmelichthys nitidus cyanescens (Guichenot, 1848)
- RedbaitRedbaitThe redbait, bonnetmouth or southern rover, Emmelichthys nitidus nitidus, is a rover of the genus Emmelichthys, found off South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the south west Pacific, at depths of between 100 and 500 m...
or southern rover, Emmelichthys nitidus nitidus Richardson, 1845 - Red rover (fish), Emmelichthys ruber (Trunov, 1976)
- Emmelichthys struhsakeri Heemstra & Randall, 1977
- Genus Erythrocles
- Erythrocles acarina Kotthaus, 1974
- Erythrocles microceps Miyahara & Okamura, 1998
- Atlantic rubyfish, Erythrocles monodi Poll & Cadenat, 1954
- Japanese rubyfish, Erythrocles schlegelii (Richardson, 1846)
- Erythrocles scintillans (Jordan & Thompson, 1912)
- Erythrocles taeniatus Randall & Rivaton, 1992
- Genus Plagiogeneion
- Plagiogeneion fiolenti Parin, 1991
- Plagiogeneion geminatum Parin, 1991
- Plagiogeneion macrolepis McCulloch, 1914
- RubyfishRubyfishThe rubyfish, Plagiogeneion rubiginosum, is a rover of the genus Plagiogeneion, found off South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the south west Pacific, at depths of between 50 and 600 m...
, Plagiogeneion rubiginosum (Hutton, 1875) - Plagiogeneion unispina Parin, 1991