''Paracaristius'' is a

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of fish in the family

Caristiidae Caristiidae, the manefishes, are a family of perciform fishes which today includes 19 extant species distributed in four genera. ''Chalcidichthys malacapterygius'' and ''Absalomichthys velifer'' are extinct species from the Upper Miocene of South ...

, the manefishes. It is a small genus with mostly newly described species.Stevenson, D. E. and C. P. Kenaley. (2011)
Revision of the manefish genus ''Paracaristius'' (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae), with descriptions of a new genus and three new species.
''Copeia'' 2011(3) 385-99. Fish in this genus are separated from similar taxa by the arrangement of their teeth. They have compressed heads with very short snouts, small mouths, and two nostrils. The body is oval to rectangular. The

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is not visible. The dorsal fin extends along nearly the whole top edge of the body, and the pectoral fin is "delicate" and "fan-like". '' Neocaristius heemstrai'' has since been moved from ''Paracasistius'' and placed in a new genus of its own.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * '' Paracaristius aquilus''

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& Kenaley, 2011 * '' Paracaristius maderensis'' (

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, 1949) * '' Paracaristius nemorosus'' D. E. Stevenson & Kenaley, 2011 * '' Paracaristius nudarcus'' D. E. Stevenson & Kenaley, 2011

References

Caristiidae {{Perciformes-stub