Acropomatidae
Verilus sordidus
The lantern bellies ( Acropomatidae ) belong to the perch family ( Percomorphaceae ). They live in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans at depths of several hundred meters.
Features
The fish are 10 to 40 inches long. They have two dorsal fins, the first with seven to ten hard jets, the second with one or no hard - and 8 to 10 soft rays. The anal fin has 2-3 hard and 7-8 soft rays. All lantern bellies have 25 vertebrae and seven Branchiostegalstrahlen. The species of the genus Acropoma have light organs. Her anus is sitting near the front, near the pelvic fin base, a feature otherwise found only in the seabass Bullisichthys caribbaeus and the cardinalfish Ostorhinchus gularis occurs in perch relatives.
System
There are over 30 species. The assignment of some species is uncertain.
- Family Acropomatidae ( lantern bellies ) genus Acropoma Acropoma argentistigma Okamoto & Ida, 2002.
- Acropoma boholensis Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2002.
- Acropoma hanedai Matsubara, 1953.
- Acropoma japonicum Günther, 1859.
- Acropoma lecorneti Fourmanoir, 1988.
- Amioides grossidens (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912).
- Apogonops anomalus Ogilby, 1896.
- Doederleinia berycoides ( Hilgendorf, 1879).
- Malakichthys barbatus Yamanoue & Yoseda, 2001.
- Malakichthys elegans Matsubara & Yamaguti, 1943.
- Malakichthys griseus Döderlein, 1883.
- Malakichthys levis Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2002.
- Malakichthys Mochizuki Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2001.
- Malakichthys similis Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2004.
- Malakichthys wakiyae Jordan & Hubbs, 1925.
- Neoscombrops atlanticus Mochizuki and Sano, 1984.
- Neoscombrops cynodon ( Regan, 1921).
- Neoscombrops pacificus Mochizuki, 1979.
- Synagrops adenines Kotthaus, 1970.
- Synagrops analis ( Katayama, 1957).
- Synagrops Argyreus ( Gilbert & Cramer, 1897).
- Synagrops bellus ( Goode & Bean, 1896).
- Synagrops japonicus ( Günther, 1859).
- Synagrops malayanus Weber, 1913.
- Synagrops microlepis Norman, 1935.
- Synagrops philippinensis ( Günther, 1880).
- Synagrops pseudomicrolepis Schultz, 1940.
- Synagrops serratospinosus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912.
- Synagrops spinosus Schultz, 1940.
- Synagrops trispinosus Mochizuki & Sano, 1984.
- Verilus sordidus Poey, 1860.
Fossil record
A fossil relative, Acropoma lepidotus is from the Middle Eocene of northern Italy Monte Bolca Formation, which originated from deposits of the Tethys known.