Neoepinnula
Appearance
Neoepinnula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Gempylidae |
Genus: | Neoepinnula Matsubara & Iwai, 1952 |
Type species | |
Epinnula orientalis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924
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Neoepinnula is a genus of snake mackerels, also known as sackfish.[1]
Species
[edit]There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:
- Neoepinnula americana (M. G. Grey, 1953) (American sackfish)
- Neoepinnula minetomai Nakayama, Y. Kimura & Endo, 2014 (Large-eyed sackfish) [2]
- Neoepinnula orientalis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) (Sackfish)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Neoepinnula". FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ^ Nakayama, N., Kimura, Y. & Endo, H. (2014): Neoepinnula minetomai, a new species of sackfish from off Kuchierabu-jima Island, southern Japan (Actinopterygii: Gempylidae). Ichthyological Research, 62 (3): 320-326.