Bathyclupea is a genus of perciform fishes belonging to a small family Bathyclupeidae.[2]
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| A member of the family of deepsea herrings (Bathyclupea argentea). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Bathyclupeidae |
| Genus: | Bathyclupea Alcock, 1891 |
| Type species | |
| Bathyclupea hoskynii Alcock 1891[1]
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Species
editThere 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
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bathyclupea". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bathyclupea". FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ^ Prokofiev, A.M. (2014): Deepsea Herrings (Bathyclupeidae) of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 54 (2): 137-145.
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