Rouleina
Appearance
Rouleina | |
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Softskin smooth-head (Rouleina attrita) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
Family: | Alepocephalidae |
Genus: | Rouleina Fowler, 1925 |
Rouleina is a genus of slickheads. The genus is named for the ichthyologist Louis Roule.[1]
Species
[edit]There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Rouleina attrita (Vaillant, 1888) (Softskin smooth-head)
- Rouleina danae A. E. Parr, 1951
- Rouleina eucla Whitley, 1940 (Eucla slickhead)
- Rouleina euryops Sazonov, 1999
- Rouleina guentheri (Alcock, 1892) (Bordello slickhead)
- Rouleina livida (A. B. Brauer, 1906)
- Rouleina maderensis Maul, 1948 (Madeiran smooth-head)
- Rouleina nuda (A. B. Brauer, 1906)
- Rouleina squamilatera (Alcock, 1898) (Bluntsnout slickhead)
- Rouleina watasei (S. Tanaka (I), 1909)
References
[edit]- ^ "Order ALEPOCEPHALIFORMES (Slickheads)". December 29, 2016.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Rouleina". FishBase. February 2012 version.