WoRMS taxon details
Oreosomatidae Bleeker, 1859
- Subfamily Oreosomatinae Bleeker, 1859
- Genus Allocyttus McCulloch, 1914
- Genus Neocyttus Gilchrist, 1906
- Genus Oreosoma Cuvier, 1829
- Genus Crassispinus Maul, 1948 accepted as Neocyttus Gilchrist, 1906 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Cyttosoma Gilchrist, 1904 accepted as Oreosoma Cuvier, 1829 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Pseudocyttinae Tyler, O'Toole & Winterbottom, 2003
- Genus Pseudocyttus Gilchrist, 1906
- Genus Xenocyttus Abe, 1957 accepted as Pseudocyttus Gilchrist, 1906 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Distribution: Antarctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific (reported primarily off South Africa and southern Australia). Very...
Distribution Distribution: Antarctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific (reported primarily off South Africa and southern Australia). Very deep-bodied and compressed. Mouth superior; protractile. Small cycloid or ctenoid scales. Body of young bear conical scutes in some parts. A single spine on pelvic fin; soft rays 5-7. Spines in dorsal fin 5-8; soft rays 29-35. Anal fin spines 2-4; soft rays 28-33. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Oreosomatidae Bleeker, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125616 on 2025-12-05
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Distribution: Antarctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific (reported primarily off South Africa and southern Australia). Very deep-bodied and compressed. Mouth superior; protractile. Small cycloid or ctenoid scales. Body of young bear conical scutes in some parts. A single spine on pelvic fin; soft rays 5-7. Spines in dorsal fin 5-8; soft rays 29-35. Anal fin spines 2-4; soft rays 28-33. [details]
