Bathyclupea

Bathyclupea is a genus of perciform fishes belonging to a small family Bathyclupeidae.[2]

Bathyclupea
A member of the family of deepsea herrings (Bathyclupea argentea).
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Bathyclupeidae
Genus: Bathyclupea
Alcock, 1891
Type species
Bathyclupea hoskynii
Alcock 1891[1]

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:

  • Bathyclupea hoskynii Alcock, 1891 (Indian deepsea herring)
  • Bathyclupea nikparini Prokofiev, 2014 (Parin's deepsea herring) [3]
  • Bathyclupea schroederi Dick, 1962 (Schroeder's deepsea herring)

References
  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bathyclupea". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Bathyclupea in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  3. Prokofiev, A.M. (2014): Deepsea Herrings (Bathyclupeidae) of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 54 (2): 137-145.


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