Bathyclupeidae

Bathyclupeidae
Temporal range: 55–0 Ma Early Eocene to Present[1]
Neobathyclupea argentea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Bathyclupeidae
Genera

Bathyclupea Alcock, 1891
Neobathyclupea Prokofiev, 2014 [2]

Bathyclupeidae is a family of Perciformes. They are marine fishes found in tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. They grow up to about 20 cm long.

Timeline

QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleoceneQuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleocene

References

  1. ↑ Sepkoski, J.J.Jr (2002). "A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology,. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23.
  2. ↑ Prokofiev, A.M. (2014): Taxonomy and Distribution of Deepsea Herring (Bathyclupeidae) in Oceans. Journal of Ichthyology, 54 (8): 493-500.


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