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Melamphaidae (ridgeheads) |
Stephanoberyciformes is an order of marine ray-finned fishes, consisting of about 40 species, mostly uncommon deep-sea types.
Common characteristics include a generally roundish body, a toothless palate, rather thin skull bones, and a missing orbitosphenoid bone (except for Hispidoberyx).
Nelson classifies the whalefishes (Cetomimiformes) as a superfamily Cetomimoidea of this order.
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