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Eumecichthys fiski, the unicorn crestfish or unicornfish, is a very rare, little-known species of crestfish in the family Lophotidae, and the only member of the genus Eumecichthys. It likely has a worldwide distribution, having been first discovered offshore of Kalk Bay , South Africa , and subsequently reported from the Sea of Japan ...
Unicorn crestfish (E. fiski) Lophotus: Crested bandfish (L. guntheri) Fossil Genera Image †Babelichthys †Babelichthys olneyi †Eolophotes †Eolophotes lenis †Protolophotus †Protolophotus elami †Oligolophotes †Oligolophotes fragosus
Unicorn crestfish, Eumecichthys fiski (Günther, 1890) (1 specimen, Kalk Bay in False Bay) [4] Crestfish, Lophotus lacepede Giorna, 1809 (Cape to Plettenberg Bay, rare but widely distributed in all oceans) [4] Family Radiicephalidae – tapertails Tapertail, Radiicephalus elongatus Osorio, 1917 (70 miles SW of Cape Point) [4] Family Regalecidae ...
Unicorn fish may refer to: Naso, a genus in family Acanthuridae; Unicorn leatherjacket (Aluterus monoceros), family Monacanthidae; Unicorn crestfish (Eumecichthys fiski), family Lophotidae; Unicorn grenadier (Coelorinchus productus), family Macrouridae
Unicorn grenadier; Various fish known as unicornfish: Unicorn crestfish; Several species in genus Naso, including: Whitemargin unicornfish; Humpback unicornfish; Short-nosed unicornfish; Bluetail unicornfish; Weedy seadragon
Babelichthys is an extinct genus of crestfish from the ? Late Eocene-aged [1] Pabdeh Formation of Western Iran.It contains a single species, Babelichthys olneyi. [2] The type specimen was initially figured by Camille Arambourg as a second, poorly-preserved specimen of the co-occurring crestfish Protolophotus, but in 2017 it was identified as its own distinct taxon.
The crested bandfish is a marine pelagic species, found at depths up 90 metres, [3] although it may occur at depths up to 300 metres. [1] The species has been found in four locations in the western Pacific: in Australia, near Emu Bay, Tasmania and off the New South Wales coast; Johnston Atoll; and southwestern Taiwan. [1]
a unicorn crestfish (Eumecichthys fiski) – a very rare fish caught on only a few occasions previously and then mostly in waters off Japan – from a depth of about 5,400 feet (1,600 m) at on 1 June 1954; [13] and