Neobathyclupea

Neobathyclupea
Deepsea herring (Neobathyclupea argentea)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Bathyclupeidae
Genus:
Prokofiev, 2014 [1]
Type species
Bathyclupea malayana
Weber, 1913[2]

Neobathyclupea is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Bathyclupeidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:

  • Neobathyclupea argentea (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (West Atlantic deep-sea herring)
  • Neobathyclupea elongata (Trunov, 1975) (Slender deep-sea herring)
  • Neobathyclupea gracilis (Fowler, 1938) (West Pacific deep-sea herring)
  • Neobathyclupea japanotaiwana (Prokofiev, 2014) (North Pacific deep-sea herring) [1]
  • Neobathyclupea malayana (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Malaysian deep-sea herring) [3]
  • Neobathyclupea megaceps (Fowler, 1938) (Big-headed deep-sea herring)
  • Neobathyclupea melanoptera Prokofiev, Gon & Psomadakis, 2016 [3]

References

  1. ^ a b Prokofiev, A.M. (2014). "Taxonomy and Distribution of Deepsea Herring (Bathyclupeidae) in Oceans". Journal of Ichthyology. 54 (8): 493–500. doi:10.1134/S0032945214050063.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Bathyclupeidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b Artem M. Prokofiev; Ofer Gon & Peter N. Psomadakis (2016). "A new species of Neobathyclupea from the northern Indian Ocean with comments on N. malayana (Teleostei, Perciformes, Bathyclupeidae)". Zootaxa. 5208 (5). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4208.5.5. Abstract


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