Bathyclupea
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| Bathyclupea Temporal range: 55–0Ma Early Eocene to Present[1] |
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| B. argentea | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Percoidei |
| Superfamily: | Percoidea |
| Family: | Bathyclupeidae T. N. Gill, 1896 |
| Genus: | Bathyclupea Alcock, 1891 |
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The deepsea herrings are perciform fishes belonging to a small family (Bathyclupeidae) with a single genus (Bathyclupea) containing seven species of deep water fishes.[2]
They are marine fishes found in tropical waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. They grow up to about 20 cm long.
Species [edit]
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Bathyclupea argentea Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
- Bathyclupea elongata Trunov, 1975
- Bathyclupea gracilis Fowler, 1938 (Slender deepsea herring)
- Bathyclupea hoskynii Alcock, 1891
- Bathyclupea malayana M. C. W. Weber, 1913
- Bathyclupea megaceps Fowler, 1938
- Bathyclupea schroederi Dick, 1962
References [edit]
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Bathyclupeidae" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Bathyclupea in FishBase. February 2013 version.
