Platyberyx is a genus of manefishes native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
| Platyberyx | |
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| P. opalescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Caristiidae |
| Genus: | Platyberyx Zugmayer, 1911 |
| Type species | |
| Platyberyx opalescens Zugmayer, 1911 [1]
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Species edit
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[2][3][4]
- Platyberyx mauli Kukuev, Parin & Trunov, 2012[3]
- Platyberyx opalescens Zugmayer, 1911
- Platyberyx paucus D. E. Stevenson & Kenaley, 2013[4]
- Platyberyx pietschi D. E. Stevenson & Kenaley, 2013[4]
- Platyberyx rhyton D. E. Stevenson & Kenaley, 2013[4]
References edit
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Caristiidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Platyberyx in FishBase. August 2013 version.
- ^ a b Kukuev, E.I., Parin, N.V. & Trunov, I.A. (2012): Materials for the Revision of the Family Caristiidae (Perciformes). 2. Manefishes from the East Atlantic (Redescription of Platyberyx opalescens Zugmayer and Description of Two New Species Platyberyx mauli sp. n. and Caristius andriashevi sp. n.). Journal of Ichthyology, 52 (3): 185-199.
- ^ a b c d Stevenson, D.E. & Kenaley, C.P. (2013): Revision of the Manefish Genera Caristius and Platyberyx (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species. Copeia, 2013 (3): 415-434.
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