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Stygiomedusa gigantea, commonly known as the giant phantom jelly, is the only species in the monotypic genus of deep sea jellyfish, Stygiomedusa. It is in the Ulmaridae family . [ 2 ] With only around 110 sightings in 110 years, it is a jellyfish that is rarely seen, but believed to be widespread throughout the world, with the exception of the ...
Batomorphi is a clade of cartilaginous fishes, commonly known as rays, ... Guitar fish Rays Shape laterally compressed spindle dorsoventrally compressed (flattened) disc
The phantom bannerfish is a small-sized fish that can reach a maximum length of 17 cm. [2] [3] Its body is compressed laterally, with the first rays of its dorsal fin stretched in short white feather-like filaments. The background color is white with light chocolate to dark areas and a brown face mask covering the mouth, eyes and reaches to the ...
Chaetodontoplus melanosoma, the black-velvet angelfish, brown angelfish, or phantom angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. [2] It is found in the western Pacific Ocean.
Chimaeras [1] are cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes (/ k ɪ ˈ m ɛ r ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /), known informally as ghost sharks, rat fish, spookfish, or rabbit fish; the last three names are not to be confused with rattails, Opisthoproctidae, or Siganidae, respectively.
Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fishes, commonly known as rays. They and their close relatives, the sharks , compose the subclass Elasmobranchii . Rays are the largest group of cartilaginous fishes, with well over 600 species in 26 families.
The black phantom tetra (Hyphessobrycon megalopterus), or simply phantom tetra, is a small freshwater fish of the characin family of order Characiformes. [2] It is native to the upper Paraguay basin and upper Madeira basin (including Guaporé, Mamore and Beni) in Brazil and Bolivia. [3] It is commonly seen in the aquarium trade. [3]
X-ray tetra: Pristella maxillaris: 4.5 cm (1.8 in) Also just called the X-ray fish. Yellow phantom tetra: Hyphessobrycon roseus: 2 cm (0.79 in) African moon tetra: Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus: 8 cm (3.1 in) Congo tetra: Phenacogrammus interruptus: 7.5 cm (3.0 in) Peaceful but may scare shy species with its active swimming and large adult size.