Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Paracanthopterygii
Series: Zeiogadaria
Subseries: Zeiariae
Ordo: Zeiformes
Subordo: Zeioidei
Familia: Oreosomatidae
Subfamiliae: Oreosomatinae – Pseudocyttinae
Genera: Allocyttus - Neocyttus - Oreosoma - Pseudocyttus
Name
Oreosomatidae Bleeker, 1859
Type genus: Oreosoma Cuvier, 1829
References
Bleeker, P. 1859. Enumeratio specierum piscium hucusque in Archipelago indico observatarum, adjectis habitationibus citationibusque, ubi descriptiones earum recentiores reperiuntur, nec non speciebus Musei Bleekeriani Bengalensibus, Japonicis, Capensibus Tasmanicisque. Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae 6: i–xxxvi + 1–276. Reference page.
Laan, R. van der, Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa 3882(1): 1–230. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 Open access Reference page.
Links
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase, version (02/2006). [1]
Oreosomatidae, the oreos, are a family of marine fish. Most species are found in the Southern Hemisphere, inhabiting continental slopes down to about 1,000 m (3,300 ft) deep.[2] Most of them are 43 cm at most, with the largest species reaching a length of 60 cm. Though they are small, they often have incredibly elongated lifespans, probable result of living in the deep sea (a trait shared with other unrelated fishes like the orange roughy). The warty oreo is able to live for up to 210 years, which puts it at one of the longest living vertebrates on Earth. They borrow their name from the Greek oreos (mountain) and somas (backs) for the shape of their backs. They are very flattened vertically-laterally, with 5 to 8 rays on their dorsal fin, and 2 to 4 on the anal fin, and only 1 spine in the pelvic fins. The upper part of the mouth is protractile, allowing them to snatch up little fishes, copepods, amphypods, shrimp, krill, and small cephalopods, their main diet.
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Oreosomatidae". FishBase. October 2012 version.
Karrer, C. & John H-C. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 166–167. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
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