Emmelichthys

Emmelichthys is a genus of fish in the family Emmelichthyidae, the rovers.

Emmelichthys
Cape bonnetmouth (E. nitidus nitidus)
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Emmelichthys

Type species
Emmelichthys nitidus
J. Richardson, 1845

Species

There are seven species in the genus, including one newly described in 2014:[1]

  • Emmelichthys elongatus Kotlyar, 1982
  • Emmelichthys karnellai Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1977 Karnella's rover
  • Emmelichthys marisrubri R. Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2014[2]
  • Emmelichthys nitidus J. Richardson, 1845
  • Emmelichthys ruber Trunov, 1976 red rover
  • Emmelichthys struhsakeri Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1977 golden redbait

Timeline

QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleoceneQuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleocene

References

  1. Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Species List: Emmelichthys. FishBase. 2014.
  2. Fricke, R., Golani, D. & Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2014): Emmelichthys marisrubri, a new rover from the southern Red Sea (Teleostei: Emmelichthyidae). Cybium 38(2): 83-87'.


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