Biology:Yarrella

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Yarrella
Yarrella blackfordi.jpg
Yarrella blackfordi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Phosichthyidae
Genus: Yarrella
Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896

Yarrella is a genus of lightfishes. It was named for the English naturalist William Yarrell.[1]

Species

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

  • Yarrella argenteola (Garman, 1899)
  • Yarrella blackfordi Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896

References

  1. Jackson, Christine E (2022). A Newsworthy Naturalist: The Life of William Yarrell. Oxford: John Beaufoy. pp. 115–118. ISBN 978-1913679-04-0. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Yarrella in FishBase. February 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1867755 entry