Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Berycidae Alfonsinos

Genus: Beryx

(See list of species below)

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3 species (see list below)

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Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Beryx decadactylus
[Alfonsino]

Photo by Borsa, P.

Beryx mollis
[]

Photo by Reyes, P.

Beryx splendens
[Splendid alfonsino]

3 Species of Family Berycidae with Genus Beryx
(Alfonsinos)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1829	Beryx decadactylus	Alfonsino	Worldwide in temperate an	100 TL
1959	Beryx mollis		Northwest Pacific	30 SL
1834	Beryx splendens	Splendid alfonsino	Circumglobal, excluding t	70 TL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: BeryciformesFamily: Berycidae AlfonsinosGenus: Beryx(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Berycidae Alfonsinos

Genus: Beryx

(See list of species below)