Neoepinnula
(Redirected from Neoepinnula orientalis)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Istiophoriformes |
| 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.
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