Lestidium
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| Atlantic Barracudina (L. atlanticum) | |
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| Genus: | Lestidium C. H. Gilbert, 1905
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| Lestidium nudum C.H. Gilbert, 1905
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Lestidium is a genus of barracudina. They are sometimes referred to as pike smelt.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Lestidium atlanticum Borodin, 1928 (Atlantic barracudina)
- Lestidium australis H. C. Ho, Graham & Russell, 2020
- Lestidium longilucifer H. C. Ho, Graham & Russell, 2020
- Lestidium nudum C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Deep water pike smelt)
- Lestidium prolixum Harry, 1953
- Lestidium rofeni H. C. Ho, Graham & Russell, 2020
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Lestidium in FishBase. April 2012 version.
- ^ Hsuan-Ching Ho, Ken Graham and Barry Russell. 2020. Three New Species of the Barracudina Genus Lestidium (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa. 4767(1); 71–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.3
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