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Gephyroberyx

Gephyroberyx
Gephyroberyx japonicus.jpg
Big roughy (G. japonicus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Gephyroberyx
Boulenger, 1902
Species

1-2, see text


1-2, see text

Gephyroberyx is a genus of fish in the slimehead family.

Once, three species were placed in this genus, but Gephyroberyx philippinus is now considered to be a synonym of G. darwinii. Based on broadly overlapping morphological features, G. japonicus should also be regarded a synonym of G. darwinii, but both are recognized as valid species by FishBase:


Darwinii was discovered by J. Y. Johnson 1866. ~Jayson


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