Neobathyclupea

Neobathyclupea
Neobathyclupea argentea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Bathyclupeidae
Genus: Neobathyclupea
Prokofiev, 2014 [1]

Neobathyclupea is a genus of 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) [2]
  • 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. ↑ Prokofiev, A.M. (2014): Taxonomy and Distribution of Deepsea Herring (Bathyclupeidae) in Oceans. Journal of Ichthyology, 54 (8): 493-500.
  2. ↑ Prokofiev, A.M. (2014): Deepsea Herrings (Bathyclupeidae) of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 54 (2): 137-145.
  3. 1 2 Prokofiev, A.M., Gon, O. & Psomadakis, P.N. (2016): A new species of Neobathyclupea from the northern Indian Ocean with comments on N. malayana (Teleostei, Perciformes, Bathyclupeidae). Zootaxa, 4208 (5): 474–484.
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