Nicholsina is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, parrotfishes from the family Scaridae. They are found in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans. The generic name honours the American ichthyologist John Treadwell Nichols (1883-1958) who was curator of fishes at the American Museum of Natural History.[2]
Nicholsina | |
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Nicholsina usta | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Scaridae |
Genus: | Nicholsina Fowler, 1915[1] |
Type species | |
Cryptotomus beryllinus (as a synonym of Nicholsina usta) |
Species
editThere are currently three species classified in the genus:[2]
- Nicholsina collettei Schultz 1968
- Nicholsina denticulata (Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917) (Loosetooth parrotfish)
- Nicholsina usta (Valenciennes, 1840) (Emerald parrotfish)
References
edit- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Nicholsina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Nicholsina". FishBase. December 2019 version.