Family Gonostomatidae - Bristlemouths
  Order
:
Gonostomatidae Gonostomatidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 8 | Species : 32 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
:
upper   Tertiary     Miocene
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Elongate body; never extremely compressed. With or without adipose fins. Anal fin rays 16-68. Branchiostegal rays 12-16; 4-6 on epihyal (= posterior ceratohyal). Branchiostegal photophores 8-16. Photophores present on isthmus. Cyclothone, with 12 species, occurs in virtually all seas including the Antarctic and has, along with Vinciguerria, the greatest abundance of individuals of any vertebrate genus in the world.
  Etymology
:
Greek, gonos = descent, origin + Greek, stoma = mouth ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Stomiati | | | | | | | | | Stomiatiformes | Gonostomatoidei | | Gonostomatidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Gonostomatidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Gonostoma denudatum Rafinesque, 1810
acceptedseniororiginal
! Gonostoma denudata Rafinesque, 1810
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
! Gonostoma atlanticus Norman, 1930
synonymseniorchange in rank
Gonostoma denudatum (non Rafinesque, 1810)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Diplophos taenia Günther, 1873
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Diplophos pacificus Günther, 1889
acceptedseniororiginal
! Diplophos pacifica Günther, 1889
synonymseniororiginal
Diplophos orientalis Matsubara, 1940
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
Diplophos rebainsi Krefft & Parin, 1972
acceptedseniororiginal
Diplophos australis Ozawa, Oda & Ida, 1990
acceptedseniororiginal
Diplophos vicinia Koefed & Ho, 2019
acceptedseniororiginal
Cyclothone microdon (Günther, 1878)
acceptedseniornew
Gonostoma microdon Günther, 1878
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
! Cyclothone acclinideus Garman, 1899
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Cyclothone signata Garman, 1899
acceptedseniororiginal
Cyclothone livida Brauer, 1902
acceptedseniororiginal
Cyclothone obscura Brauer, 1902
acceptedseniororiginal
Cyclothone pallida Brauer, 1902
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
Cyclothone canina Gilbert, 1905
synonymjuniororiginal
Cyclothone atraria Gilbert, 1905
acceptedseniororiginal
! Cyalothone atraria Gilbert, 1905
synonymseniororiginal
Cyclothone pacifica Mukhacheva, 1964
synonymjuniororiginal
Cyclothone microdon (non Günther, 1878)
misappliedmisappliednew
Cyclothone alba Brauer, 1906
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
Cyclothone braueri Jespersen & Tåning, 1926
acceptedseniororiginal
Cyclothone signata (non Garman, 1899)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Cyclothone pygmaea Jespersen & Tåning, 1926
acceptedseniorchange in rank
Cyclothone microdon pygmaea Jespersen & Tåning, 1926
synonymseniororiginal
Cyclothone pseudopallida Mukhacheva, 1964
acceptedseniororiginal
Cyclothone microdon pallida (non Brauer, 1902)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Cyclothone sumiae Kobayashi, 1973
synonymotheroriginal
Sigmops elongatus (Günther, 1878)
acceptedseniornew
Gonostoma elongatum Günther, 1878
synonymseniororiginal
Cyclothone elongata (Günther, 1878)
synonymseniornew
Neostoma elongatum (Günther, 1878)
synonymseniornew
Sigmops elongatum (Günther, 1878)
synonymseniornew
! Gonostoma elongatus Günther, 1878
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Cyclothone rhodadenia Gilbert, 1905
synonymjuniororiginal
Gonostoma rhodadenia (Gilbert, 1905)
synonymjuniornew
Gonostoma polyphos Zugmayer, 1911
synonymjuniororiginal
Sigmops gracilis (Günther, 1878)
acceptedseniornew
Gonostoma gracile Günther, 1878
synonymseniororiginal
Sigmops gracile (Günther, 1878)
synonymseniornew
Sigmops bathyphilus (Vaillant, 1884)
acceptedseniornew
Neostoma bathyphilum Vaillant, 1884
synonymseniororiginal
Gonostoma bathyphilum (Vaillant, 1884)
synonymseniornew
Sigmops bathyphilum (Vaillant, 1884)
synonymseniornew
! Gonostoma bathyphillum (Vaillant, 1884)
synonymseniornew
! Gonostoma bathyphylum (Vaillant, 1884)
synonymseniornew
! Gonostomia bathyphilum (Vaillant, 1884)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Cyclothone grandis Collett, 1896
synonymjuniororiginal
Gonostoma grande (Collett, 1896)
synonymjuniornew
Sigmops ebelingi (Grey, 1960)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Sigmops longipinnis (Mukhacheva, 1972)
acceptedseniornew
Gonostoma longipinnis Mukhacheva, 1972
synonymseniororiginal
Manducus maderensis (Johnson, 1890)
acceptedseniornew
Gonostoma maderense Johnson, 1890
synonymseniororiginal
Diplophos maderensis (Johnson, 1890)
synonymseniornew
Diplophos minutus Jespersen & Tåning, 1919
synonymjuniororiginal
Diplophos moorei Welsh, 1923
synonymjuniororiginal
Manducus greyae (Johnson, 1970)
acceptedseniornew
Diplophos greyae Johnson, 1970
synonymseniororiginal
! Manducus greyi (Johnson, 1970)
synonymseniornew
Zaphotias pedaliotus (Goode & Bean, 1896)
acceptedseniornew
Bonapartia pedaliota Goode & Bean, 1896
synonymseniororiginal
Zaphotias nudum Borodin, 1930
synonymjuniororiginal
Zaphotias photocephalus Roule & Angel, 1933
synonymjuniororiginal
Gonostoma denudatum (non Rafinesque, 1810)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Triplophos hemingi (McArdle, 1901)
acceptedseniornew
Photichthys hemingi McArdle, 1901
synonymseniororiginal
Margrethia obtusirostra Jespersen & Tåning, 1919
acceptedseniororiginal
! Margrethia obtusirostre Jespersen & Tåning, 1919
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Snellius boschmai Koumans, 1953
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Margrethia obtusirostra (non Jespersen & Tåning, 1919)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
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