Neobathyclupea is a genus of fish in the family Bathyclupeidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
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| Deepsea herring (Neobathyclupea argentea) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Bathyclupeidae |
| Genus: | Neobathyclupea Prokofiev, 2014 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Bathyclupea malayana Weber, 1913[2]
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Species edit
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:
- Neobathyclupea argentea (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (West Atlantic deep-sea herring)
- Neobathyclupea elongata (Trunov, 1975) (Slender deep-sea herring)
- Neobathyclupea gracilis (Fowler, 1938) (West Pacific deep-sea herring)
- Neobathyclupea japanotaiwana (Prokofiev, 2014) (North Pacific deep-sea herring) [1]
- Neobathyclupea malayana (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Malaysian deep-sea herring) [3]
- Neobathyclupea megaceps (Fowler, 1938) (Big-headed deep-sea herring)
- Neobathyclupea melanoptera Prokofiev, Gon & Psomadakis, 2016 [3]
References edit
- ^ a b Prokofiev, A.M. (2014). "Taxonomy and Distribution of Deepsea Herring (Bathyclupeidae) in Oceans". Journal of Ichthyology. 54 (8): 493–500. doi:10.1134/S0032945214050063.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Bathyclupeidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ a b Artem M. Prokofiev; Ofer Gon & Peter N. Psomadakis (2016). "A new species of Neobathyclupea from the northern Indian Ocean with comments on N. malayana (Teleostei, Perciformes, Bathyclupeidae)". Zootaxa. 5208 (5). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4208.5.5. Abstract
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