Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Beryciformes

Family: Gibberichthyidae

Genus: Gibberichthys

Species: Gibberichthys latifrons (Thorp, 1969)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Mesopelagic, bathy-, and benthopelagic species, mostly occurring over continental and island slopes. Distinctive kasidoron larval and pre-juvenile stage in epipelagic waters. Zooplankton pickers, with small crustaceans in stomachs of both pre-juveniles and adults. Rare deep-sea fishes.

Habitat

bathydemersal