Bembridae

Deep-water Flatheads
Bembradium roseum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Bembridae
Genera
Bembradium Bembras Brachybembras

The Deep-water flatheads are a family, the Bembridae, of bottom-dwelling fish. They are thought to be more primitive than their close relatives, the true flatheads. Despite the common name, their heads are only slightly flattened and have spiny ridges.^[1]

Classification

The family contains about eight species, in three genera^[2]:

Family Bembridae

• Genus Bembradium
  • Bembradium furici
  • Bembradium roseum
• Genus Bembras
  • Bembras adenensis
  • Bembras japonica
  • Bembras longipinnis
  • Bembras macrolepis
  • Bembras megacephala
• Genus Brachybembras
  • Brachybembras aschemeieri

References

1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 177. ISBN 0-12-547665-5. 
2. ^ "Fishbase". http://www.fishbase.org/identification/specieslist.cfm?famcode=528&areacode=. Retrieved 2008-11-12.