Argyripnus

Argyripnus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as bristle-mouth fishes, but that may also refer to the related bristlemouth family (Gonostomatidae). A. iridescens is called "pearlside", which usually refers to the closely related genus Maurolicus.

"Bristle-mouth fish" redirects here. This may also refer to the related genus Maurolicus or the family Gonostomatidae.

Argyripnus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Present
25–0 Ma
Argyripnus ephippiatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Sternoptychidae
Subfamily: Maurolicinae
Genus: Argyripnus
C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Argyripnus atlanticus Maul, 1952
  • Argyripnus brocki Struhsaker, 1973 (Brock's Bristle-mouth Fish)
  • Argyripnus electronus Parin, 1992
  • Argyripnus ephippiatus C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 (Gilbert & Cramer's Bristle-mouth Fish)
  • Argyripnus hulleyi Quéro, Spitz & Vayne, 2009 (Reunion bristle-mouth fish)
  • Argyripnus iridescens McCulloch, 1926 (Brilliant Pearlside)
  • Argyripnus pharos Harold & Lancaster, 2003

Fossils of bristle-mouth fishes show that the genus was already distinct in the Late Oligocene, more than 23 million years ago.[2]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Argyripnus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  2. Sepkoski (2002)
  • Sepkoski, Jack (2002): [Argyripnus]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. HTML database excerpt


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