Crestfish

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Crestfishes, family Lophotidae, are lampriform fishes found in most oceans.[1] It consists of two extant[1][2] and four extinct genera.[3]

They are elongated, ribbon-like fishes, silver in color, found in deep tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Their scientific name is from Greek lophos meaning "crest" and refer to the crest (part of the dorsal fin) that emerges from the snout and head; this structure gives them their other name of unicorn fishes.

The extant genera all possess ink sacs that open into their cloacae from which they can produce a cloud of black ink when threatened (as in many cephalopods).[4]

Genera

Extant Genera Image
Eumecichthys File:Eumecichthys fiski.png

Unicorn crestfish (E. fiski)

Lophotus File:Crested bandfish, Lophotus guentheri, from Mallacoota, Victoria (cropped).jpg

Crested bandfish (L. guntheri)

Fossil Genera Image
†Babelichthys File:Babelichthys olneyi (cropped).png

†Babelichthys olneyi

†Eolophotes File:Eolophotes lenis.png

†Eolophotes lenis

†Protolophotus File:†Protolophotus elami, holotype MNHN.F.EIP10d.png

†Protolophotus elami

†Oligolophotes File:Oligolophotes fragosus.png

†Oligolophotes fragosus

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