Biology:Hypomesus

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Short description: Genus of fishes


Hypomesus
Temporal range: 28–0 Ma
Late Oligocene to Present[1]
Hypomesus transpacificus.jpg
Delta smelt, Hypomesus transpacificus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osmeriformes
Family: Osmeridae
Genus: Hypomesus
T. N. Gill, 1862

Hypomesus is a genus of smelts (Osmeridae), consisting of five species found in the northern hemisphere.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[2]

The pond smelt H. olidus is widespread across northeastern Asia, Alaska, and northwestern Canada , while the Delta smelt H. transpacificus is an endangered species of the Sacramento Delta in California . H. chishimaensis was at one time thought to be a separate species, but has since been identified as a population of H. nipponensis.

Hypomesus

H. olidus

H. nipponensis

H. japonicus

H. pretiosus

H. transpacificus

Phylogeny of the genus Hypomesus including H. chishimaensis under H. nipponensis.[3][4]

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 560. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40634#page/5/mode/1up. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Hypomesus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  3. Ilves, K. L.; E. B. Taylor (2007). [180:AHCAHN2.0.CO;2 "Are Hypomesus chishimaensis and H. nipponensis (Osmeridae) distinct species?"]. Copeia 2007: 180–185. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[180:AHCAHN2.0.CO;2]. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[180:AHCAHN]2.0.CO;2. 
  4. Ilves, K. L.; E. B. Taylor (2008). "Evolutionary and biogeographical patterns within the smelt genus Hypomesus in the North Pacific Ocean". Journal of Biogeography 35: 48–64. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01782.x. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3502483 entry