Jellynose fish
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"Tadpole fish" redirects here. For the northeast Atlantic gadid, see Raniceps raninus. For the southern oceans morid Guttigadus globosus, see Tadpole cod.
The jellynose fishes or tadpole fishes are the small order Ateleopodiformes. This group of ray-finned fish is monotypic, containing a single family Ateleopodidae. It has about a dozen species in four genera, but these enigmatic fishes are in need of taxonomic revision. [1]
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Jellynose fishes | |
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Deep-water ateleopid fish (Ijimaia plicatellus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Neoteleostei |
Order: | Ateleopodiformes |
Family: | Ateleopodidae Bonaparte, 1850 |
Type species | |
Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker, 1853 | |
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The scientific name means "Ateleopus-shaped", from Ateleopus (the type genus) + the standard fish order suffix "-formes". It ultimately derives from Ancient Greek atelēs (ἀτελής, "imperfect") + pous (πούς, "foot") + Latin forma ("external form"), the Greek part in reference to the reduced pectoral and ventral fins of the jellynoses.[2]