Ijimaia is a genus of jellynose fishes, one of four in the order Ateleopodiformes.
| Ijimaia | |
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| Deep-water ateleopid fish (I. plicatellus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ateleopodiformes |
| Family: | Ateleopodidae |
| Genus: | Ijimaia Sauter, 1905 |
Species edit
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Ijimaia antillarum Howell-Rivero, 1935
- Ijimaia dofleini Sauter, 1905
- Ijimaia fowleri Howell-Rivero, 1935
- Ijimaia loppei Roule, 1922 (Loppe's tadpole fish)
- Ijimaia plicatellus (C. H. Gilbert, 1905) (deepwater ateleopodid)
References edit
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ijimaia in FishBase. February 2012 version.
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