taxonID	type	description	language	source
815A6245FFFBFFF434D6F98FFAF7F8E8.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 specimen: HUMZ 211061, 145 mm SL, off the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, western North Pacific, 27 ° 37.5 ′ N, 141 ° 35.1 ′ E – 27 ° 10.0 ′ N, 141 ° 57.3 ′ E, 300 – 2000 m depth, beam trawl, 14 – 15 December 2010, T / S Oshoro-maru.	en	Okamoto, Makoto, Stevenson, Duane E. (2015): Records of Two Manefishes, Platyberyx andriashevi and P. rhyton (Teleostei: Perciformes: Caristiidae), from off the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Species Diversity 20 (1): 13-17, DOI: 10.12782/sd.20.1.013, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12782/sd.20.1.013
815A6245FFFBFFF434D6F98FFAF7F8E8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A species of Platyberyx with the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays 30 – 31; analfin rays 18 – 19; pectoral-fin rays 17 – 18; vertebrae 33 – 34; ventral caudal spur absent; prepectoral length 31.4 – 34.0 % SL; dorsal-fin base 76.0 – 79.0 % SL; upper jaw extending approximately to posterior margin of orbit; gill rakers narrow, bladelike, with few bristles concentrated near tip; jaw teeth arranged in single row; dorsal pharyngeal papillae saclike, multifid papillae absent inside mouth; body color brown.	en	Okamoto, Makoto, Stevenson, Duane E. (2015): Records of Two Manefishes, Platyberyx andriashevi and P. rhyton (Teleostei: Perciformes: Caristiidae), from off the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Species Diversity 20 (1): 13-17, DOI: 10.12782/sd.20.1.013, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12782/sd.20.1.013
815A6245FFFBFFF434D6F98FFAF7F8E8.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Caristius macropus: 2 specimens (KAUM – I. 59000, 192 mm SL; UW 153100, 163 mm SL), 39 ° 58.47 ′ N, 146 ° 06.52 ′ E, off Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, 0 – 950 m depth, MOHT trawl, 8 March 2005. Paracaristius maderensis: KAUM – I. 59002, 215 mm SL, Kinmei Seamount, Emperor Seamount chain, 720 m depth, 23 August 2013. Paracaristius nudarcus: KAUM – I. 59001, 62 mm SL, 38 ° 03.12 ′ N, 147 ° 18.14 ′ E, off Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, 0 – 300 m depth, MOCNESS, 11 February 2004; UW 153101, 85 mm SL, 39 ° 57.60 ′ N, 146 ° 04.76 ′ E, off Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, 0 – 750 m depth, mid-water trawl, 15 March 2005. Platyberyx andriashevi, KAUM – I. 59003, 205 mm SL, Kinmei Seamount, Emperor Seamount chain, 720 m depth, 23 August 2013. Platyberyx rhyton: KAUM – I. 59004, 88 mm SL, 39 ° 57.60 ′ N, 146 ° 04.76 ′ E, off Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, 0 – 750 m depth, mid-water trawl, 15 March 2005.	en	Okamoto, Makoto, Stevenson, Duane E. (2015): Records of Two Manefishes, Platyberyx andriashevi and P. rhyton (Teleostei: Perciformes: Caristiidae), from off the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Species Diversity 20 (1): 13-17, DOI: 10.12782/sd.20.1.013, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12782/sd.20.1.013
