Ariomma

Ariomma Temporal range: Late Miocene to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Silver-rag driftfish (A. bondi)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Suborder:	Stromateoidei
Family:	Ariommatidae
Genus:	Ariomma Jordan & Snyder, 1904
Type species
Ariomma lurida Jordan & Snyder 1904
Species
See text for species

Ariomma is a genus of deepwater, marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ariommatidae. Members of this genus are found in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Several members of this genus are of commercial importance as food fish. This genus is currently the only known extant genus in its family.

Species

Currently, the 7 recognized species in this genus are: ^{[1] [2]}

• Ariomma bondi Fowler, 1930 (silver-rag driftfish)
• Ariomma brevimanus (Klunzinger, 1884)
• Ariomma indica (F. Day, 1871) (Indian driftfish)
• Ariomma lurida D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904 (ariommid)
• Ariomma melana (Ginsburg, 1954) (Brown driftfish)
• Ariomma parini Piotrovsky, 1987 (Parin's ariomma)
• Ariomma regulus (Poey, 1868) (spotted driftfish)

The only known fossil species is † Ariomma geslini Carnevale & Bannkov, 2006 from the latest Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria, although the earlier genus Isurichthys has sometimes been lumped into it. ^{[3] [4]}

Timeline

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ariomma". FishBase . December 2012 version.
2. "Institute for Biodiversity Science & Sustainability | California Academy of Sciences". Research.calacademy.org. 2014-07-27. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
3. "Description of a new stromateoid fish from the Miocene of St. Eugčne, Algeria - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica". www.app.pan.pl. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
4. Bannikov, A. F. (2018-11-01). "A New Genus and Species of Stromateoid Fishes (Perciformes, Stromateoidei) from the Lower Oligocene of the Northern Caucasus". Paleontological Journal. 52 (6): 631–638. doi:10.1134/S0031030118060035. ISSN   1555-6174.