Biology:Normichthys
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Normichthys is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Platytroctidae, the tube shoulders. The species in this genus are known from tropical and temperate oceans around the world.
The name of the genus honours the British ichthyologist John Roxborough Norman who reported the type species of this genus, N. operosus, as Talismania homoptera in 1930.[1]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Normichthys herringi Sazonov & Merrett, 2001
- Normichthys operosus A. E. Parr, 1951 (Multipore searsid)
- Normichthys yahganorum Lavenberg, 1965
References
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf (10 March 2024). "Family PLATYTROCTIDAE Koefoed 1927 (Tubeshoulders)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. https://etyfish.org/platytroctidae/.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Normichthys in FishBase. February 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2631139 entry
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