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Barbourisiidae (Red Whalefishes)
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About This Family
Distribution:
Tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Habitat:
Marine. Occurs in depths between 120 and 2000 m, benthopelagic as adults, mesopelagic as juveniles.
Remarks:
Red whalefishes are deep-sea fishes, closely related to the flabby whalefishes. The color in life is a bright red-orange.
This family comprises just one species, the Redvelvet Whalefish (Barbourisia rufa). For more information, please see the species account for Redvelvet Whalefish.
References:
Nelson 2006;
Paxton, p. 1170, in: Carpenter 2002