Caristiidae, the manefishes, are a family of scombriform ray-finned fishes which today includes 19 extant species distributed in four genera.
Taxonomy The following genera are known:
Caristius Gill & Smith, 1905 Neocaristius Stevenson & Kenaley, 2011 Paracaristius Trunov, Kukuev & Parin, 2006 Platyberyx Zugmayer, 1911
In addition, the extinct genera Chalcidichthys and Absalomichthys are known from the Late Miocene of Southern California.
Biology They are deep-sea marine fishes found in the mesopelagic zone that eat siphonophores. An adult manefish is less than 25 cm in length and most of them are entirely black, which helps camouflage them from predators.
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