Biology:Neoepinnula

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Neoepinnula
Neoepinnula orientalis.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Gempylidae
Genus: Neoepinnula
Matsubara & Iwai, 1952
Type species
Epinnula orientalis
Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924

Neoepinnula is a genus of snake mackerels, also known as sackfish.[1]

Species

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

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Neoepinnula in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  2. 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q2276676 entry