English: Boarfishes.
Genera: 2; 12 species; 1 family, Caproidae.
Region: Indian, Atlantic, Pacific Oceans.
Habitat: depths below 50 m.
ZoologyFish; perciform, for instance in the caudal skeleton.
Form: deep, thin bodies.
Size: small, maximum length of 30 cm.
Color: red, pink, and silvery.
TaxonomyCaproidae were formerly placed in the order
Zeiformes. They are now placed with the
Perciformes.