Caristius

Caristius is a genus of manefishes native to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Caristius
Manefish (C. macropus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Caristiidae
Genus:	Caristius T. N. Gill & H. M. Smith, 1905
Type species
Caristius japonicus T. N. Gill & H. M. Smith, 1905[1]

Ecology

A member of the genus Caristius associates with the siphonophore Bathyphysa conifera, using it for shelter, stealing meals, and perhaps nibbling on its host as well, yet protecting it from amphipod parasites such as Themisto.[2] This symbiotic relationship appears mutualistic.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3][4][5][6]

• Caristius andriashevi Kukuev, Parin & Trunov, 2012[4]
• Caristius barsukovi Kukuev, Parin & Trunov, 2013[6]
• Caristius digitus D. E. Stevenson & Kenaley, 2013[5]
• Caristius fasciatus (Borodin, 1930)
• Caristius japonicus T. N. Gill & H. M. Smith, 1905
• Caristius litvinovi Kukuev, Parin & Trunov, 2013[6]
• Caristius macropus (Bellotti, 1903) (Manefish)
• Caristius meridionalis D. E. Stevenson & Kenaley, 2013[5]
• Caristius walvisensis Kukuev, Parin & Trunov, 2013[6]

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Caristiidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
2. Janssen, John; Gibbs Jr., Robert H.; Pugh, Phil R. (27 February 1989). "Association of Caristius sp. (Pisces: Caristiidae) with a siphonophore, Bathyphysa conifera". Copeia. 1989 (1): 198–201. doi:10.2307/1445624. JSTOR 1445624.
3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Caristius in FishBase. August 2013 version.
4. Kukuev, E.I., Parin, N.V. & Trunov, I.A. (2012): Materials for the Revision of the Family Caristiidae (Perciformes). 2. Manefishes from the East Atlantic (Redescription of Platyberyx opalescens Zugmayer and Description of Two New Species Platyberyx mauli sp. n. and Caristius andriashevi sp. n.). Journal of Ichthyology, 52 (3): 185-199.
5. Stevenson, D.E. & Kenaley, C.P. (2013): Revision of the Manefish Genera Caristius and Platyberyx (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species. Copeia, 2013 (3): 415-434.
6. Kukuev, E.I., Parin, N.V. & Trunov, I.A. (2013): Materials for the Revision of the Family Caristiidae (Perciformes): 3. Manefishes (Genus Caristius) from Moderate Warm Waters of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans with a Description of Three New Species from the Southeast Atlantic (C. barsukovi sp.n., C. litvinovi sp.n., C. walvisensis sp. n.) . Journal of Ichthyology, 53 (8): 541-561.